powerful living
LORD help them to “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that they do be done in love” (1 Corinthians 16:13-14).
• My they be watchful against sin. Be watchful against temptation. Be watchful against false doctrine. And may they be watchful of the Christs return.
• help them “fight the good fight” (1 Tim. 6:12) by remaining firm in the faith. Help them take a firm stance on the gospel of Jesus Christ. May they be well taught in the Word, looking at everything and judging everything by God’s truth and standards.
• Help them to be strong and act like men. To be mature, have self-control, confidence, courage, and emotional stability in their personal relationships. And to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Pet. 3:18).
• Help them to be strong so that they may successfully battle and overcome the flesh.
• Help them to be filled with the knowledge of your will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to Your glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy (Col. 1:9-11).
• Above all, help them to keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins and show hospitality to one another in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever because you first loved us. Amen. (1 Pet. 4:8-11).