Paul’s prayer for the church in Colossae! (This is a prayer for knowledge and insight that only can come from God.) 9. Since the day we got this good news about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We ask: Father, may they clearly know Your will and achieve the height and depth of spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10. May their lives be a credit to You, Lord; and what’s more, may they continue to delight You by doing every good work and growing in the true knowledge that comes from being close to You. 11. Strengthen them with Your infinite power, according to Your glorious might, so that they will have everything they need to hold on and endure hardship patiently and joyfully. 12. Thank You, Father, as You have made us eligible to receive our portion of the inheritance given to all those set apart by the light. 13. You have rescued us from dark powers and brought us safely into the kingdom of Your Son, whom You love. 14. And in whom we are redeemed and forgiven of our sins through His blood. 15. He is the exact image of the invisible God, the firstborn of creation, the eternal. 16. It was by Him that everything was created: the heavens, the earth, all things within and upon them, all things seen and unseen, thrones and dominions, spiritual powers and authorities. Every detail was crafted through His design, by His own hands, and for His purposes. 17. He has always been! It is His hand that holds everything together. 18. He is the head of this body, the church. He is the beginning, the first of those to be reborn from the dead, so that in every aspect, at every view, in everything—He is first. 19. God was pleased that all His fullness should forever dwell in the Son. 20. Who, as predetermined by God, bled peace into the world by His death on the cross as God’s means of reconciling to Himself the whole creation—all things in heaven and all things on earth❣️ I ask it in the most precious Name, above all names, the Name of JESUS, for the Church to day❣️
