Day #35: Prayer for Abundant Love
This Sunday we will be looking at Paul’s prayer for the Philippian church in which he asks God to cause their love to abound. Have you ever prayed that you would love people more? Or do our prayers to often stop at the edge of our felt needs. To take it a step further, have you prayed that someone else would be a more loving person? In my experience, God seems to act quickly to answer such prayers, even though we don’t often think to pray this way. Praying for love can seem a little vague. Thankfully, Paul fleshes out the concept of “love” and also demonstrates what it looks like as he cares for the Philippian church.
The worship service is livestreamed on our YouTube channel and is saved afterward:
2024/03/24 CRPC Palm Sunday Worship Service Livestream (youtube.com)
Here is the sermon text:
Philippians 1:3-11 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.