Thanksgiving and Prayer

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Further Instructions

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.