Colossians 1:9-12 (NASB)
9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.
Big Idea: Our continual prayers for one another as Christians should focus on our spiritual needs, for the purpose of our actual lives becoming more worthy of and pleasing to our Lord Jesus.
Outline: The “What” and the “Why” of your continual prayers for each other (1:9-10a)
>What should you pray for other? That they would be “filled with the knowledge of God’s Will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding”. (1:9)
>Why should you pray for this for others? The purpose/goal is so that their actual lives would become more worthy of Christ and pleasing to Him in every area. (1:10a)
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