Scripture Prayers

Colossians 1:3-14

1. Give thanks for their faith in Jesus, love for brethren, hope of heaven.

2. Ask for knowledge of God’s will in wisdom /spiritual understanding.

3. Ask for faith walk which pleases God.

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4. Pray for fruit of good works and a increase in their knowledge of God.

5. Ask for inner strength and God’s power.

6. Ask for God to work patience, endurance and joy.

Prayers:

7. Thank God for their part in His inheritance with all the brethren.

8. Claim their deliverance from the power of darkness/satan.

9. Claim their salvation and pardon through the blood of Jesus.

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Important words:

praying: an earnest requestask: beg, crave, desireHis will: desire, pleasure, willspiritual understanding: super-natural intelligencewalk: your behavior, way of lifeworthy: in a Godly manner

Important words:

pleasing: compliant, submissive, yielding

fruitful: fertile, that which bears fruit

increasing: growingknowledge: full discernment, perceptionstrengthened: enabled by His powerpatience: cheerfully remaining under your problem

Important words:

longsuffering: long tempered, self-restraint in face of provocation

joy: cheerfulness; calm delight

delivered: rescued from a rapid current

redemption: releasing on payment of a ransom

forgiveness: the sending away of your sins!!

God I thank you for _______'s faith in Jesus, love for the brethren, hope of heaven. Fill _______ with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. May _______ walk by faith in a worthy manner. Make _______ fruitful in all he/she does. Increase _______'s knowledge of You.

Sample prayer:

Strengthen _______ with all Your power so he/she will be patient, longsuffering and joyful at the same time. Thank you for _______'s part in Your inheritance. I claim _______'s deliverance from every power of the enemy because of their redemption and forgiveness through the blood of Jesus.

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