121 Days of Prayer

But the Anger of God Has Caught up with Them at Last

The purposes of this prayer are: Gratitude, Spreading of the Gospel and Holiness/Righteousness.

Righteous God, Paul praised the Thessalonians he converted to Christianity when reminding them of how well his last visit with them went, writing in his first epistle to them, “We never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God- which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe. And then, dear brothers and sisters, you suffered persecution from your own countrymen. In this way, you imitated the believers in God’s churches in Judea who, because of their belief in Christ Jesus, suffered from their own people, the Jews. For some of the Jews killed the prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us, too. They fail to please God and work against all humanity as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.” 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16 (NLT). Lord, we pray that all people with whom we share the gospel think of our words as your very words and not as mere human ideas. May we also always continue to accept the good news of Jesus as your very words and never lose faith in his salvation. Amen.