December 31st, 2023 - "A Prayer for Smart Love" NY's Eve

Scripture Passage:  Philippians 1:1-11

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NYE / Last Sunday of 2023
Prayers in the Bible
Philippians 1:1-11

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One name shaping many
...servants of Christ Jesus, ... holy people in Christ Jesus ...
2 Grace and peace ... the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Meet joyful Paul
  3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy.

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  and hopeful Paul
6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

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 and affectionate Paul
   8 God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

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Having reflected and celebrated, I pray looking forward
|9 And this is my prayer:

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Job 1 - Grow in love
that your love may abound more and more.

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Smart love: beyond knowing about
 your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

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 I think we hear this wrong
10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless

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 Again, it is all about Jesus
11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ

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"How to" pray in Smart Love
1. Meditate: created as image of love
|2. Honest: react out of selfish-love
3. Submit: God's pursuant love
4. Pick up: included in victorious love

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Plan B
1. Try Paulish all in love-talk
2. Openly admit lack of love
3. See awareness as sign of hope
4. Hold onto confidence of completion in Christ

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or
Come forward for prayer
"that my love may abound more"