Ohana Prayer 413 – 1 Thessalonians 5

For God has not destined us to [incur His] wrath [that is, He did not select us to condemn us], but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died [willingly] for us, so that whether we are awake (alive) or asleep (dead) [at Christ’s appearing], we will live together with Him [sharing eternal life].   I Thes 5:9,10 (AMP)

Jehovah, there is not a slight change of Your faithfulness and love! Our heavenly Father! We thank you for putting on, in the mornings spend with You, the cloak of peace and grace and lining our daily paths with truth. So that we live out our new pages daily, each one of us differently but with You. Faithfully trusting that our body, soul, and minds are protected, that our living is blameless and pleasing by You. Father, thank you for giving us a family, thank you for giving our mothers careful teaching, to take care of our growth, to cut through thorns and thorns for us, to open a broad and smooth road, and to plant our heavenly Father’s love deeply in our hearts. Deep down, laid a solid value for us. May the hard work of mothers all over the world be praised and receive extra respect from their families.

Lord Jesus, You came from the heaven to punch through darkness and to shine Your light so that we can live in the light and able to leave darkness behind, never to travel the path of life along. Eternal life is also offered to us. As we are living in the light, let us reflect the light that can shine to the world! Pointing the way to blessings from heaven. Help us to keep ourselves from the contamination from the evil one, putting on the armor plate of righteousness and faith and the helmet of eternal hope. Forgive us for failing to keep awake in prayers and trapped in the confusion and despair! Especially in the sudden natural disasters and man-made disasters, and in the epidemic situation that is still high today, we lack watchfulness and awareness that let the grievances and bitter smoke infiltrate our thoughts and emotions without knowing it. Causing us to give birth to all kinds of evil, even worsening, reasoning the retribution of evil into a reasonable and even legal business.

Thank you, Holy Spirit. You know of our heart and constantly reminding us to be joyous always, pray without ceasing, give thanks always, living out vibrant spiritually. Guide us so we can build up the strong levy suffice when the attack of wave of the pandemic, disasters of man-made or naturally! Help us, Holy Spirit! Pursue living out the fruit of the Spirit! Encouraging and building each other. Can frankly warn the unruly people, encourage the discouraged, help the weak, and always have a patient and magnanimous attitude towards everyone, so that we will not destroy the Holy Spirit’s touch and fill the church with sincere care. Witness the endless love of God in the world.

Pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

1 Thessalonians 5

8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.  

11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

14-23 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit.  Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.