October 2 2022 | Paul's Prayer
October 2, 2022

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-PAUL WROTE IN PRISON (PHILIPPIANS; EPHESIANS; PHILEMON)
-HE WROTE THE BOOK DURING HIS FIRST IMPRISONMENT IN ROME (A.D. 60-62)
-BOOK FOCUS ON CHRIST AS A PERSON AND HIS WORKS
-PAUL HAD NEVER VISITED COLOSSAE
-COLOSSAE IS 160 KILOMETRES FROM EPHESUS

COLOSSIANS 1:3-14
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel 6 that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[f]to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

CHURCH:
1. FAITH IN CHRIST
2. LOVE FOR GOD’S PEOPLE
3. HOPE
4. GOSPEL BEARING FRUIT AND GROWING
5. LEARNED IT FROM EPAPHRAS –(FAITHFUL MINISTER-GR. diakonos -servant

PAUL’S PRAYER:

  1. KNOWLEDGE – OF HIS WILL
  2. HOW? KNOWLEDGE – H.S. WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING
  3. WHY? LIVE LIFE WORTHY; PLEASE HIM IN EVERY WAY; BEARING FRUIT IN EVERY GOOD WORK; GROWING IN KNOWLEDGE OF. GOD; STRENGTHENED WITH ALL POWER; GREAT ENDURANCE; PATIENCE; JOYFUL THANKS TO FATHER; SHARE INHERITANCE

KNOWLEDGE
WILL
WISDOM
UNDERSTANDING
WORTHY
PLEASE
FRUIT
GROWING
STRENGTHEN
POWER
ENDURANCE
PATIENCE
JOYFUL
THANKS
INHERITANCE


WHY PRAY THIS?
13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

JESUS
1. RESCUED US
2. BROUGHT US
3. REDEEM US
4. FORGAVE US

APPLICATION:

  1. DEVOTIONAL LIFE-KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL
  2. LIVE BY FAITH – SCRIPTURE IS A PROMISE FOR US TO LIVE BY
  3. SUBMIT- HIS WILL
  4. PRAISE AND THANK HIM

HIS WAYS ARE BETTER THAN OUR WAYS!!!