Reading for Today - Philippians 1:1-11 - It is my prayer that your love may abound more and more

Philippians 1:1-11 (ESV)

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Paul had a great love for the church and in his letter to the Philippians he expresses his love for them. Paul prayed for them and wished the best for them. We too should want the best for our fellow brethren in Christ. We should be willing to give of ourselves for the building up of the body of Christ.

Paul prayed that their love would abound more and more in both knowledge and discernment. Paul wanted them to be filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ. We should strive for these as well. We should seek to grow in love so that we can show the love of Christ to others. We should seek to grow in Christ so that God is gloried and others are drawn to Christ seeing the light of the Gospel in our life.