“This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.” 1 Timothy 2:3–6
Read 1 Timothy 2:3–6
Lord, we know you desire that everyone be saved and come to know the truth. Thank you for being our mediator. Thank you for giving yourself as a ransom for us. Thank you for being a testimony, and please empower me to be a testimony of your grace. Thank you for the training you have made available through faithful churches and Bible teachers, and please forgive me where I have taken that for granted. Give me a desire to study your word that I might be equipped for the work of your ministry.
Father, thank you for your heart of grace and love that calls all people to yourself through Jesus. As you have ransomed us and drawn us near to you, please let your Spirit transform our hearts and give us the same desire for the salvation of all people. Help us to pray, to lead peaceful and quiet lives, and to trust your Spirit to change hearts through the preaching of the good news about Jesus. Thank you that you are not silent, but have spoken to your people through the man Christ Jesus, the incarnate Word. Help me to be attentive to your testimony in Jesus, to trust completely in his finished work on our behalf, and to be a testimony to others of your infinite love and grace toward all people.
Amen.
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