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                                                        August 22, 2005


VERSE:
    I am sending him [Tychicus] to you for this very purpose, that
you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you.
     -- Ephesians 6:22
        http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=Ephesians+6:22

THOUGHT:
    As Paul faced the difficulties of imprisonment, he was more
concerned about the people in Ephesus than he was about himself.
Rather than keeping Tychicus close at hand for his own personal
benefit, Paul sent him back to bless the people in Asia Minor. Even
in his time of difficulty and danger, Paul was concerned more to
bless than he was to be blessed. Isn't that a great example to us
today? We so often get upset about our minor inconveniences and
ruin our attitude toward everyone around us. Paul's example should
convict us and lead us to be a blessing to others regardless of our
circumstances.

PRAYER:
    Father, forgive me for letting my difficulties ruin my attitude.
I want to be a blessing to others no matter my personal
circumstances. Convict me with your Spirit when I begin to focus
too much on myself and my situation. Expand my heart with your
grace so that I can use my inconveniences, problems, struggles, and
challenges to be opportunities to share and to display your grace.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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