December 6, 2012

Apostle Paul prays on and onto us

How can we thank God enough for you?
What joy we have before God
because of you!

Night and day
we pray and pray
to see your face and your faith

not lacking.

Oh, may our God and Father guide us
back to you.

And may the LORD cause your love
to increase and prosper
for each other and for all!

Oh, how our love abounds for you!

May God strengthen your very hearts
in holiness
and keep you unfettered and free
in the Holy Spirit, kept

blameless before our God and Father
when our LORD Jesus Christ comes
with all the saints

in whose sure company
you surely belong.

© 2012, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 prayer-a-phrase by Mary Sayler

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2 comments:

  1. Shari LeKaneDecember 6, 2012 at 9:58 PM

    How beautiful and lyrical this praise he sings on our behalf, as if he knows that we are incapable of representing our own worthiness before the Lord.

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  2. Mary SaylerDecember 8, 2012 at 1:46 PM

    Yes! Some of the older English translations use the phrase "the beauty of holiness" - the ultimate poetry!

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