• Sunday, June 23rd, 2019
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: As we purposefully, spiritually pray for one another, God’s Word describes what a life that is becoming more worthy of and pleasing to our Lord looks like.
Outline: Four heart & soul check-ups of a worthy, pleasing life before the Lord that you should evaluate and seek growth in.
Check-up #1: Am I bearing fruit in good works for God? (1:10)
Check-up #2: Am I growing in knowing God? (1:10)
Check-up #3: Am I being strengthened by God, for endurance & long suffering? (1:11)
Check-up #4: Am I giving joyful thanks to God? (1:12)
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• Sunday, June 09th, 2019
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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