To Have You In My Heart

Did you know that one of the ways that you can have fellowship with other Christians is to pray for them? Praying for other Christians is a form of having heart fellowship. It was because Paul had them in his heart that he could pray for them most effectively. What did this fellowship in prayer look like then, in its particulars? Well, it began 1st of all with a longing for them with the affection of Jesus Christ. (verse 8) 2nd – It continued with the request that their love would abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment. (verse 9) 3rd – He built upon that with a request for them to be established in their true faith. (verse 10) And 4th – He concluded with a request that they be filled with the fruits of righteousness. (verse 11) Let us pray at this hour that our own prayer life would grow and that we would evidence the fact that we have other believers in our heart as well.