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One Another Series

Give Thanks for One Another

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This is the result of a challenge issued by a very godly, older man who has been in the ministry for 40 years. He challenged us to do a study in the New Testament of the “one another” passages. I did that study and came up with quite a list of ways God calls us to relate to each other. The study made a real impact in my life and I hope that it will in yours as well. I would encourage you to look up the Scriptures in your Bible and see how God may want you to apply them to your circumstances in life.

I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
Ephesians 1:16

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. Philippians 1:3-5

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you. Colossians 1:3

I always thank God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus.
I Corinthians 1:4

How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? I Thessalonians 3:9

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing. II Thessalonians 1:3

I thank God whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayer. II Timothy 1:3

Paul certainly gives us an example of something else we are to do for "one another." He shows us through his letters to give thanks for each other and pray for each other. In these verses, he is writing to five different churches and one individual. It is clear that Paul makes it a habit to thank God for people in the body of Christ.

How many of us remember to offer thanks for others in the body of believers that we know and love? How important that is to the Christian life!

I’m so thankful for the people who take time to offer my name and requests up to our Lord! I am thankful for their continuing encouragement to me, my family and my ministry. I would not continue in this ministry if I did not believe that they were praying for me.

For whom is it in your life that you need to offer thanks up to God? Who has invested time in you? Who has offered you guidance and wisdom? Who has listened to you through painful times and loved you no matter what you do? Who has been patient and kind to you when you deserved it the least? Spend some time thanking God for those people in your life. And spend some time thanking them. It is important for you to express it for your benefit and for theirs.