Prayer of Thanksgiving

Prayer of Thanksgiving
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world. 9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit by announcing the gospel of his Son, is my witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers, 10 asking that by God's will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you-- 12 or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine. 13 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as I have among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish 15 --hence my eagerness to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
Romans 1:8-15 (NRSV)

To me, Paul has given all of us perfect examples of prayer. This prayer of Thanksgiving from Romans is a fine example of praying for all Christians to spread the news even in the darkest times. Paul always thanks God for giving him the stength and energy to carry out his mission. We like Paul need to pray to give us the energy to carry out the same mission, spreading God's gospel throughout the world.

My prayer would be that the people of Epworth would grow in konwledge of prayer and use it daily to help spread the good news of Jesus Christ wherever you go.

In His name,
Andy