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LIVING FOR WHAT REALLY MATTERS
actually doing it. Not that we don’t want to or that we don’t think
it’s important. We just . . . don’t do it much. (I certainly struggle
with that!)
1. What does prayer look like in your life?
Here in Philippians 1:3, Paul says he thanks God every time he
thinks about this group of believers. And he uses an interesting word
for thanks: euchariste (εχαριστω; pronounced yoo-khar-is-teh-o).
2. Does this word sound familiar to you at all? Why or why not?
The Eucharist is the celebration and remembrance of the Last
Supper, which we observe today by taking Communion. We can
find this word throughout the New Testament—and every time, it is
used in conjunction with prayer (Acts 28:15; Romans 1:8; Ephesians
5:20). The Greek word euchariste literally means “to give thanks,”
“to be grateful, feel thankful.”17
When one of our Ethiopian sons joined our family at the age
of almost seven, he renamed himself Ezekiel. While we understood
his decision—sometimes, adopted children choose a new name to
express leaving one season of life and entering another—we were a
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