- Prayer for you (Col 1:9-12)
Jn 6:29,39-40, Eph 1:17-19, Mk 4:8,20, Rom 7:4, 2 Pt 1:2, Col 3:16-17, 2 Pt 3:18
Paul prayed for the saints to know God’s will and to know God. (Col 1:9-12)
Col 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
God’s will is to believe in Jesus as the Christ and to save all those whom God has entrusted to us. (Jn 6:29,39-40)
Jn 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Paul prayed for the saints to know God and Christ. (Eph 1:17-19, 2 Pt 1:2, Col 3:16, 2 Pt 3:18)
Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
2 Pt 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
2 Pt 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.