How Can I pray for you?
My answer comes from a Roman prison cell. Paul in his Letter to the Colossians tells the church how he brings them before God in prayer. And he doesn’t leave out anything.
“For this reason since I first heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1: 9-14).
According to Dr. Charles Stanley, “This prayer covers every area of our lives that needs the Lord’s touch.” Furthermore, I have found that committing the passage to memory brings even deeper meaning to intercession for my precious family.
So now when asked, “How can I pray for you?”: “Colossians 1:9-14,” is my heartfelt response. And, I look forward to heaven when the amazing answers are revealed!
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“He has also set eternity in the human heart” (Ecclesiastes 3":11).
As you read these verses, which element of this prayer means the most to you?
How would you like to proceed in committing this prayer to memory?
