How often do you recognize the faith of people you know? Do you recognize the love others have for their brothers and sisters in Christ? Do you thank God you know them, and they are in your life? Do pray their faith will be strengthened and they recognize their blessings?
Recognizing the faith in our brothers and sisters in Christ is important. Seeing their love for others by their actions lifts us up. It is also important that we thank God for the faithful people in our lives. For it is God who put them in our lives and us in their lives.
Praying for one another is important. Each of us has our own struggles—some spoke, others not. As we pray for the faith of others and give thanks to God for him blessing us through them, we not only praise God but bless them as well. It is also good for us to tell them that we recognize their faith, that they have been an encouragement to us, and let them know we are praying for the continued strengthening of their faith.
Mutually praying for one another, not just to heal illnesses or recovering from surgeries, but that the faith of each other is strengthened blesses all of us. God works through each of us so that we may be a blessing to others. That blessing comes in many ways, not the least of which is praying for one another. That is what the community, family of Christ does for one another.
I pray we all recognize the faith others have. I pray we take time to pray for one another. I pray each one of us share the blessings God has blessed us with to be an encouragement to others. See the faith of others. Pray for one another. Share God’s blessings. Be an encouragement.
Philemon 4-6 I thank my God always when I mention you in my prayers, because I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith toward the Lord Jesus. I pray that the partnership of your faith may become effective as you comprehend all the good that we share in Christ.
Marty Pressey 