✝ Daily Encouragement (6/9/25) "My Prayer For You"
Published: Mon, 06/09/25
Updated: Mon, 06/09/25
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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Monday, June 9, 2025 
Buggy
framed by
grape vines at
"Down On The
Farm" Creamery
south of
Strasburg, PA
(photo by Nick
Nichols)
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on photo to
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"My Prayer For You" Message
summary:
The
Biblical
prayers
include rich
biblical
teachings and
truths. Listen to our message on your audio player. "To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by His power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Thessalonians 1:11,12). "May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word" (2 Thessalonians 2:16,17).
Walking
into our
church service
yesterday I
met a father
along with his
two young
sons. Asa, in
the green
shirt, looked
right at me as
if he was
ready to tell
me something.
And indeed he
was! It didn't
matter that I
was a stranger
as he was so
excited to
tell me what
he had just
learned. He
just started
talking
straight at me
but I couldn't
understand him
so, I really
leaned down to
hear him
better.
He
asked me, "Do
you know that
strawberries
and
raspberries
are really not
berries but
that a banana
is a berry?"
Now at 70
years of age I
don't recall
ever hearing
this* so I
looked it up
and found it
to be true in
a botanical
sense (not
culinary). See
here.
I pray this
little boy
maintains his
excitement for
learning all
through life,
especially
spiritual
truths, and is
eager to share
those truths
with others,
as he shared
with me: a
total stranger
regarding
things he had
apparently
learned in his
Sunday School
lesson an hour
earlier.
That's a
lifelong goal
we should all
have, both
learning and
sharing.
There's always
a new detail
or insight
that can be a
blessing to us
and others as
well. I just
heard a detail
about the
Bible I don't
recall ever
considering.
The
Bible Project
has a series
of short
video
summary
teachings for
each book of
the Bible. On
the video
introducing 2
Thessalonians
it points out
that each of
the three
chapters ends
with a prayer.
In the final
chapter it's a
benediction, "Now
may the Lord
of peace
Himself give
you peace at
all times in
every way. The
Lord be with
you all". These Biblical prayers actually include rich biblical teachings or truths. There's a stark difference with them and many or most of the well-meaning prayers we offer (at least in the circle of Christians I have fellowshipped with over the years).
Now,
to be clear, I
am not
dismissing any
type of
earnest
petition to
God on behalf
of others. I
have been
blessed by
them when
undergoing a
trial and/or
illness, but
our prayers
are often to
the effect,
"Help Sally as
she deals with
the
gallstones,
help Ken get a
job", etc,
etc. Certainly
that is the
petition of
our prayer,
but let's also
pray for their
growth in
Christ as we
see
demonstrated
in these
Scripture
prayers. Today's first prayer precedes the more difficult passage from 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. I taught from this portion yesterday in our ABF class where Paul gives corrective teaching on the Lord's return and events in the end times. These believers were in distress about this and that's the context of this prayer. We all face periods of distress in one way or another, some more serious than others.
Some
of
you reading
this message
today are in
such a place
right now. Let
me offer
today's prayer
for you by
adapting the
daily
Scriptures
slightly.
Whatever
you are going
through:
"We
pray for you,
that our God
may make you
worthy of His
calling and
may fulfill
every resolve
for good and
every work of
faith by His
power, so that
the name of
our Lord Jesus
may be
glorified in
you, and you
in Him,
according to
the grace of
our God and
the Lord Jesus
Christ. May
our Lord Jesus
Christ Himself
and God our
Father, who
loved us and
by His grace
gave us
eternal
encouragement
and good hope,
encourage your
hearts and
strengthen you
in every good
deed and
word". Amen.
B e encouraged today! Hebrews 3:13 Stephen & Brooksyne Weber Daily
prayer:
See conclusion
of message *
But there's
also a chance
I have heard
this and
forgot! Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"In
Jesus Name
(God of
Possible)"
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Nichole "My Prayer For You" Watch on YouTube Alisa Turner
Friday
afternoon we
made a
chaplain visit
in Willow
Street (that's
the actual
name of a town
south of
Lancaster city
named for a
street that
was once lined
with Willow
trees).
Afterwards we
stopped by for
lunch at the Lampeter
Cafe and
unexpectedly
met up with
our biking and
ABF friends,
Dave and
Valerie, who
had just
celebrated
their 46th
wedding
anniversary.
On
Saturday
morning I
joined my
friend Nick
and some other
friends for a
visit to the Old
Windmill Farm.
For regular
readers this
is the Amish
farm operated
by our
friends, Jesse
and Anna Ruth
and family,
that is open
for tours.
Nick is
holding a
three week-old
lab/collie
puppy.
Brooksyne
asked me to
bring home
some organic
fertilizer
(aka manure)
for her
rhubarb
plants. To do
so I needed to
move the buggy
out of the way
so I could
back in the
van and pick
up the garbage
bags Jesse
filled with
organic
fertilizer.
Sometimes I'm
asked to bring
home milk or
bread, but
this time my
"grocery list"
was "Bring
home fresh
fertilizer!"
After
our farm tour
we had lunch
at the Casey
Jones
Restaurant,
eating in a
restored
railroad
dining car
where we had
this view of
the Strasburg
Railroad
train out the
window. After
lunch we
headed over to
"Down
On The Farm"
Creamery south
of Strasburg,
PA for some
world class
ice cream.
(photos by
Nick Nichols)
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on photo to
enlarge
(
Note:
I share the
links for the
benefit of
local readers
or those who
may visit our
area)
Finally
today:
This
morning a tree
service is
removing two
large oaks in
our front
lawn. They
have a disease
called oak
wilt. This
tree still
leafed out but
the leaves are
dry and wilted
and die off
early in the
summer. The
other one has
very few
leaves on it.
These were
small trees
when we moved
here in 2002
and have been
a real
blessing up to
the last
couple of
years when the
disease hit.
This disease
is killing
certain
species of
oaks all over
the country.
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