A Letter

L-R me and my beloved friend, Dianne
The Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
October, 2019

"This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach His Good News." (Romans 1:1)

Many mornings during this 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting, the Lord has brought people to my mind to pray for. "And write them a letter telling them you're praying for them," He often adds.

When we open a Bible concordance to the word "letter," we find letters written, sent, delivered, and received all across both the Old and New Testaments. Did you know that thirteen books of the New Testament are actually letters written by the Apostle Paul to various individuals or people groups?

Back in Paul's day, people suffered terribly for believing and sharing Jesus's Good News. So, in his second letter to fellow believers in Corinth, Greece, he encouraged his friends to not give up. Paul told them to focus on God's everlasting promises instead of their temporary troubles.

Got friends, beloved? Pray for them and write them a letter of encouragement.