The Lord is asked to make His people increase and abound in love. Love is not meant to remain small, selective, or occasional. Under the work of God, it expands, deepens, and reaches farther than the natural heart prefers.

That kind of love is not produced merely by trying harder in isolated moments. It is something the Lord Himself must enlarge in us. He teaches the heart to move beyond narrow preferences and to care for others with greater patience, generosity, and sincerity. The prayer assumes that believers need this continuing work.

It is good to remember that love may grow unevenly if left to the flesh. We may find it easy to care for those who are pleasant and hard to care for those who stretch us. But the Lord is able to widen the heart so that grace reaches farther than preference.

Ask God for that increase today. Perhaps your love has grown thin in certain relationships or slow toward certain kinds of people. The Lord can enlarge what feels small and make love abound where it has been limited.