From the Pulpit...

This prayer is a great reminder of what God wants us to be like. In fact, He has begun a good work in us to be like this, and He is bringing it to completion, in part by Paul’s prayer, in part by our exposition of that prayer, and in part by our adherence to the values expressed in the prayer. He will also complete His work in your fellow Christians as you pray for them in this way. Not only thank God for their partnership in the gospel and express your love for them in prayer but pray that their love may not grow cold; that it may abound; that it may be discerning and not sappy or foolish. Pray they will live so that God can judge them as having done well.