Thank God for Fellow Believers

Dear Lord, we praise You for the people You have placed in our path, past and present, who are believers and servants of Christ. In this, we give You glory for Your design of the Body of Christ, and the spiritual blessings You have lavished on every individual. John F. Kennedy once said, “A rising tide lifts all boats,” and we are also lifted up through the actions and encouragement of the saints.

Those who served before our time even build us up in Christ. We praise You God for those who wrote poetry, music, devotions, diaries, apologetics, fiction, governing documents, and commentaries. Each of these things contributes to our well-being today.

Praise You for our contemporaries who expound on the word of God through preaching, teaching, and book-writing, and for those believers everywhere who pray for things we don’t even think to pray for. Our hearts are filled with gratitude for those who serve by running errands, cooking meals, cleaning, gardening, shoveling snow, repairing or decorating facilities, planning improvements, working with technology, playing music, providing security, designing Bible studies, counseling, organizing missions, visiting the sick, providing frontline communication, caring for children, providing for the poor, speaking words of encouragement, extending hospitality and listening to those with burdens.

We pray for the saints who are isolated from a body of believers: let them have fellowship in Christ first, for their total satisfaction, and give them fellowship with others somehow, even if only through technology.

Father, You have called us to serve one another in love, and Your design is beautiful. Let us give You glory and cause others to desire a relationship with You because we are faithful. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

Rom 12:10; Gal 5:13, 6:10; Eph 4:2; 1 Thess 4:18; Heb 10:24