Colossians 1:9-14

So we have continued praying for you ever since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you a complete understanding of what he wants to do in your lives, and we ask him to make you wise with spiritual wisdom. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All the while, you will learn to know God better and better. We also pray that you will be strengthened with his glorious power so that you will have all the patience and endurance you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father, who has enabled you to share the inheritance that belongs to God’s holy people, who live in the light. For he has rescued us from the one who rules in the kingdom of darkness, and he has brought us into the Kingdom of his dear Son. God has purchased our freedom with his blood and has forgiven all our sins. Colossians 1:9-14

Paul prays. Prays for his brothers and sisters in Christ from Colosse. He is writing to Timothy a son in the faith to Paul. In the letter Paul prays.

Ever have those times when you love and care for some one, but after praying in the spirit for them there seems to be no words to express your concern, or the knowing of just how to pray for them. May I encourage you to simply pray the Word over them? A servant of the Lord has prayed this prayer for me. Several years ago, when going through a growing time a servant sent this to me and said “I have been praying this portion of scripture over you”. I read the prayer and I rejoiced. It increased my hope, joy and confidence that the Lord will perfect, deliver, heal, redeem and pour out of His spirit upon us. Praise God for His goodness.

I encourage you when you feel empty, or you are not sure how to pray for someone. Pray the Word over them. Pray Psalms over them. Use the Word for your declaration and prayer. God will hear and answer, and it is really hard to miss when praying God’s blessing and the perfection of His will in lives of the ones we love, when we pray His Word. It will strengthen you and it will bless them. Let’s practice this wonderful truth.

Anchored in the Word, and praying for you all. Want to know how I’m praying for you? Read this portion of Colossians.

Rejoicing in the Word and His presence,
Pastor Darrell