Reading: I Timothy 2:1-7
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself a ransom for all —this was attested at the right time. For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. Reflection: In I Timothy 2, Paul urges that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings are to be made for everyone. Everyone! I know someone whose bedtime, "God bless..." list became quite long over the years but it never got shortened and no one ever got skipped. I know another person who has a day of the week system to pray for different groups of people different days so no one falls between the cracks. Whatever works, as long as we are praying for everyone. A few years ago, my church started a practice of each week praying for 5 or 6 families from our membership roster. I must admit, when we first started this practice, it took me some time to adjust. When the first name would be read, I would wonder, "Oh dear, what is going on with the Harmon family?" Then I would hear Hermann, Hirsch, Holoran,....and as my brain gave up wondering; I realized we were simply praying through the H's of the church family. And over the many, many weeks, we prayed for everyone! --Ruth Gates Prayer: We offer supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone. Amen.
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