What do you pray for?

2 Thessalonians 3:1–2 (ESV) 1Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, 2and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.

15He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. Psalm 147:15 (ESV) 15He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

How do we honor God’s Word?

Acts 13:48 (ESV) 48And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

How do we honor God’s Word?

1 Thessalonians 2:13 (ESV) 13And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Matthew 12:30 (ESV) 30Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

2 Thessalonians 3:4 (ESV) 4And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.

1 Thessalonians 1:8 (ESV) 8For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.

1 Thessalonians 1:6 (ESV) 6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 3:8–10 (ESV) 8Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. 9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Hebrews 4:12 (ESV) 12For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

2 Thessalonians 2:2 (ESV) 2not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

—J.I. Packer, “Our Lifeline” Christianity Today “Western Christianity has become superficial and shallow: we do not give ourselves time to soak ourselves in Scripture, and stunted our spiritual development, which includes undervaluing of the Bible, is the unhappy result.” —J.I. Packer, “Our Lifeline” Christianity Today

“. . .other things being equal, it is the Christians who eat up the Scriptures on a regular basis who are likely to achieve most for our Lord Jesus Christ in the future, just as it was Bible-fed Christians who achieved the most for him in the past.” —J.I. Packer, “Our Lifeline” Christianity Today

“Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest (the Scriptures).” —J.I. Packer, “Our Lifeline” Christianity Today

2 Thessalonians 3:2–3 (ESV) 2and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. 3But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.

2 Thessalonians 3:5 (ESV) 5May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

How do we honor God’s Word?