Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, THAT your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 THAT ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till (with a view toward being ready for) the Day of Christ. 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
| Day 12—There is no person alive but that God’s grace will reach around them and save them. |
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Both Jesus and Paul are clear in telling us that many tendencies and practices of the flesh will disqualify us for our inheritance in God’s Kingdom. That is one of the reasons we are learning to soak ourselves, and those we love, in prayer.
Sometimes when we see works of the flesh manifest in a person, we are quick to write them off as disqualified for any place in the Kingdom. But, we must remember that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. There is not one of us qualified to judge another. There is something everyone of us who know the Lord can do, however. And that is pray.
How do we pray for those who are living according to the lusts of the flesh? One thing is to pray that the Lord will bring the convicting work of His Spirit upon them. We may find it amazing who the Lord will convict and draw unto Himself. Let us remember from where all of us have come. The Scripture in Romans 3:9-23 lays it out very clear that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. But—the passage that follows also lays it out very clear that there is justification, redemption, propitiation and remission of sins available for us all. We don’t turn from praying for anyone because they have sinned too much! That’s all the more reason for us to pray for them
GRACIOUS LORD, how I praise You for saving me! In that instant You planted the seed of Your righteousness in my heart. It grew! I’m a new person! I’m beginning to see Your Kingdom! Oh, LORD, open my eyes to see the people around me that You will save just as You saved me. Give me a heart that will yearn for them to know You in Your fullness. Give me a heart that will believe for them when I hold them before Your Throne.
Some Simple Words of Salvation.—Romans 10:8-11
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