Thankful for You!

“I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.”

~ Ephesians 1:16

 

The Apostle Paul thanked God for those to whom he sent a letter (epistle) to.  At least nine times Paul mentions his prayers of thanksgiving for the recipients of an epistle.  This is rooted in the love we are to have for one another (John 13:34), and that I have for you as well.   

 

Why did Paul give thanks to God for the Ephesians (or anyone)? 

He said that his thanksgiving was “For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints” (v 15). 

 

Most assuredly, we are thankful for people in our life, but heart-lifting joy and thanksgiving is because God poured His grace of salvation on them.  As Paul tells the Corinthians, “I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—in all your speaking and in all your knowledge—because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.” (1 Corinthians 1:4-6)

 

 I’m thankful for you being in Christ,  

Owen <><