Power for goodness

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of His goodness, and the work of faith with power:” 2 Thessalonians 1v11 (KJV)

“So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of His call. May He give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.” 2 Thessalonians 1v11 (NLT)

“And so we keep on praying for you, that our God will make you the kind of children He wants to have – will make you as good as you wish you could be! – rewarding your faith with His power.” 2 Thessalonians 1v11 (NIV)

“With this in view we constantly pray for you, that our God may deem and count you worthy of [your] calling and [His] every gracious purpose of goodness, and with power may complete in [your] every particular work of faith (faith which is that leaning of the whole human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness).” 2 Thessalonians 1v11 (AMP)

The prayer here is Lord, help us to live lives that are worthy of Your call on our lives. It is a prayer that seeks to have God glorified in one’s life. But beyond that, it is a prayer for the power and enablement to be able to be this kind of person and to bring to fruition those good deeds that one begins to desire to do as a child of God. Philippians 1v9-11 (TLB) also says “My prayer for you is that you will overflow more and more with love for others, and at the same time keep on growing in spiritual knowledge and insight, for I want you always to see clearly the difference between right and wrong, and to be inwardly clean, no one being able to criticize you from now until our Lord returns. May you always be doing those good, kind things that show you are a child of God, for this will bring much praise and glory to the Lord.”

Prayer

Father, we thank You for who You are to us. Most High God we honor You and we pray from 2 Thessalonians 1v11 (NIV) that You may make us worthy of Your calling, and that by Your power You may bring to fruition our every desire for goodness and our every deed prompted by faith, in Jesus name, amen.