Grace - A blessing to be prayed for!

VERSE:

2 Corinthians 1:2

2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

LESSON:

Grace - A blessing to be prayed for!

In this very short portion of today's verse, the author (Paul the Apostle) gives a wonderful prayer as one of his opening lines in his letter to the church in Corinth (Corinth was the Roman capital city of the region known as Achaia which is in the southern half of present-day Greece). All was NOT well in the church in Corinth (the people were known as Corinthians) due to multiple problems with church division and mis-interpretation and application of the Gospel by those in the Corinthian church that Paul considered "false teachers". Paul was well aware of the power and value of God's "Grace". So much so...that he used it in his heart-felt prayer of welcome to the church in Corinth. We should pray daily for the granting of "grace" by God in our own lives...as well as in the greater body of Christ...his church universal. Pray for Grace today. It is a gift more precious than gold!