Pray This

Pray This

Colossians 1:9–14 ESV
⁹And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; ¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. ¹³He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

1. A Life of Worth

Colossians 1:10a ESV
¹⁰so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him

Ephesians 5:10b NET
¹⁰learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

2. A Fruitful Life

Colossians 1:10b ESV
¹⁰fruit in every good work

3. A Life of Continuous Growth

Colossians 1:10 ESV
¹⁰increasing in the knowledge of God;

Colossians 1:10b NLT
¹⁰All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

4. A Life of Endurance

Colossians 1:11 ESV
¹²being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy;

5. A Life of Thanksgiving

Colossians 1:12a ESV
¹²giving thanks to the Father

Colossians 1:12–14 ESV
¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. ¹³He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.