Something I learned today is that Paul begins every letter he writes with a couple of verses about thanksgiving and prayer. It all makes sense now because there are a lot of books that I have read in the bible and I always wondered why the first chapters were always about thanksgiving and prayer.
Paul's trademark is a personal greeting and a statement of thanksgiving for believers. Regardless of the contents of Paul's letters, his style was affirming. Paul began most of his letters by stating what he most appreciated about his readers and the joy he felt because of their faith in God. We should always look for ways to encourage and build up other believers.
What do you do when you look up to someone? You try to do things just like they do. With me admiring the work of Paul I want to write you a little thank you letter.
From the bottom of my heart I want to thank you for reading the words I write in my posts. Like Paul, I am not perfect. I am a dirty rotten sinner, but God has given me a great sense of discipline to spend time in the word and than transforming what I learn in my heart and being able to relate it to what we go through on a daily basis. I am a normal person just like you. I make good decisions and I make bad ones every single day. I am no different because I write a blog. I am the same as you! I believe God has given me this gift of writing to encourage believers and nonbelievers. I don't even know if what I write is good. A lot of prayer and thought goes into everything I write and as soon as something is prompted on my heart that is what I am going with. Whether this is your first time reading a post I write or the 100th I am thankful for you. This blog isn't about me or to make me look good, it's for you. Ever since the day I got back into my bible and just wanted to share everything I was learning nothing has changed. I have that same fire in my heart to simply encourage you. My prayer and my hope is that if you were encouraged by anything that you were encouraged to get into the word. Everything starts with the word of God. It's changed my life and I hope it changes yours as well. Thank you again for sticking with me through this all and if your journey is just beginning keep on going. I have learned that the days you decide to read or learn when you don't want to are the days you might learn something totally new. If you don't want to read, just do it anyways and you will learn something, I am sure of it.
I also pray for you. I pray for the hearts of those who read this that they may be encouraged by the Holy Spirit. I pray God does work on your hearts every single day. Whether it's from a post I write, a song they hear or literally anything, I pray for your lives to be changed. Everyone matters.
Thank you again to all the readers out there. I believes that at least one person needs to read the words I write every day and that is enough for me.
When it comes down to it, these posts aren't even written by me. The Holy Spirit gives me the words and my fingers just type away like crazy. It's actually super cool and kinda weird, I will look back at a post I have written and I can hardly believe that I was the one who typed it.
I won't stop encouraging any time soon and I encourage you to do the same and to never stand idle in what you do. The imminent coming of Christ should never make us idle; we should be even more busy-living purely, using our time well, and working for his kingdom. We must work not only during easy times when it is convenient but also during difficult times. Christians must patiently watch for Christ's return and work for him while they wait.
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