Prayer Thoughts for the Heart

Prayer Thought:

Paul writes to the church at Philippi that his prayer for them is that their love will abound more and more in knowledge and insight. This is for us today, also. To abound in love means that it becomes more a part of us. That it shows up in our actions and reactions.

Love must keep on growing, because we never fully mature in love. Growing means that every time we learn something, we are to bring it into our mind and add it to what we already know.

Life is a classroom and the growth of knowledge takes place by love. What you learn must be filtered through the Word of God.

All this to say that Christian Love will make the best decisions for us. This kind is not silly, immature love, but the love of Christ flowing through us.

In your prayer time, ask God to help you be more aware of His love and the need to grow more mature in His love. Practice makes one more loving.

“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ”

(Philippians 1:9-10 NIV).

Celia Milam
The author of “Prayer Thoughts for the Heart”” Praying, Learning and Obeying, This Prayer Journal and Devotional Guide will help us in growing and maturing as a Christian.