Every one of you is crucial to my work on earth. You are so important and so needed. That is why I am forging ahead to sharpen your effectiveness to be more cutting edge for the Kingdom.
This is being done by taking your sword and breastplate and hammering them into new armour. Your child-like weapons are being upgraded. What is coming will be just the right weight for you, but it’s not for show! It’s for you to stand as the warrior that you are. I call you to be brave in your daily life, so honour me by welcoming this enhancement.
Stand and allow me to strip off your previous armour. Leave behind old ministries and old mindsets that I have finished with. Work with me when I challenge you. I am skilled and gentle. You may feel this in your heart, but know that I am committed to you to bring my good work to completion.
Philippians 1:3-6 MSG
Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God’s Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.