“I pray that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ.”

While studying Philippians I was asked the question “How does Paul participate in the life of the Philippians?”. The only way I could answer is that he wrote them letters and he prayed for them. And so I am challenged to do the same. I am going to try and write more notes to encourage my friends, and I am going to try and pray for them more. We had a friend tell us that we were on his Wednesday prayer schedule. I was so humbled, but also motivated to make a schedule instead of just trusting my memory to pray for people. I was encouraged, and I felt like he was more a part of our lives than I had known before. So I am going to make a schedule, pray more for my friends, and write more encouraging words.

And as a second thought, if you ever wonder what you can do for friends who are far away (like missionaries), all you have to do is send a couple line email note letting them know you are thinking of them and then encouraging them to stay strong in their faith. It makes a bigger difference than you might imagine!