Bible reading in one year: Isaiah 32 & 33; Colossians 1
“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding” – Colossians 1:9 (KJV)
Colossians 1:9-12 is one of Paul’s four great New Testament prayers, recorded under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. These prayers provide excellent examples of how to pray for others, such as friends, our parents, our children, other Christians, missionaries, pastors etc.
We must pray that they come to (1) understand God’s will (2) gain spiritual wisdom (3) live in a way that is Holy and pleasing to the Lord (4) bear fruit for Christ (serve Him effectively with the desired results in ministry), (5) be strengthened spiritually be the Holy Spirit (6) continue in faith and righteousness (7) give thanks to the Father (8) live with their hope focused on Heaven (9) experience Christ’s nearness (10) know and experience Christ’s love (11) be filled with God’s fullness (i.e., receive and experience all God wants for us through a deeper relationship with Him), (12) show love and kind ness to others (13) discern between good and evil, right and wrong, truth and error (14) be sincere and blameless (15) await with eagerness the Lord’s return.
Pastor Lawrence Chiazor