Partnership and Staff
Partnership and Staff
Holy Father, I thank You that no weapon formed
against us or our co-workers, or our families, or our ministries shall prosper,
and every tongue that has risen against us in judgment shall be shown to be in
the wrong. For this peace, righteousness, security and triumph over opposition
is the heritage of these servants of the Lord, and this is the righteousness
and vindication which we obtain from You that which You impart to them as
our justification.
Since then, Father, we have been raised up with
Christ to a new life, thus sharing Jesus' resurrection from the dead, Praying
that we aim at and keep seeking the rich, eternal treasures that are above,
where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. That we set our minds and keep
them set on what is above, the higher things, not on the things that are on the
earth. For as far as this world is concerned, we have died and our new real
life is hid with Christ in God.
Praying that we be of the same mind, maintaining
the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. That we walk in a manner
worthy of the calling with which we have been called, with all humility and
gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, being
diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace and forgiving
one another, whoever has a complaint against any one, just as the Lord forgave us.
May we give no cause for offense in anything, in order that the ministry be not
discredited, but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God.
Praying that whatever these staff members do, we do
our work heartily as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord
we will receive the reward of the inheritance; for it is the Lord Christ whom we
serve.