Title: The Power of Praying for One Another
Text:
Colossians 1:9-14 (HCSB)
9 For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven't stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing ⌊to Him⌋, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.
11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy
12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.
13 He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.
14 We have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, in Him.
Observation:
Today's focal passage is a prayer for others. All that the Apostle Paul knew about these people was what he heard about them from their pastor.
What a wonderful thing it is to have other people that don't even know you personally to care about you enough to pray for you.
Notice the content of Paul's prayer. It is a prayer for the spiritual growth for the recipients of this letter.
Colossians 1:2 (HCSB)
2 To the saints in Christ at Colossae, ⌊who are⌋ faithful brothers. Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
Paul wrote this to the church at Ephesus about the topic of prayer.
Ephesians 6:18-19 (HCSB)
18 Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
19 Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.
Prayer:
Father, hallowed be Your name. Father, I am so grateful for the privilege we have to pray and the power of prayer. Father, I am so thankful that You are a God who hears and answers the prayers of Your people.
Father, I ask that You would stir our hearts to be more devoted to prayer, and to praying for the spiritual growth of one another. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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