daily reading 39.5 (Colossians 1:9–12)

 5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024


Our opening prayer for this week:

    Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
    O my soul, praise him, for he is your health and salvation!
    Let all who hear
    Now to his temple draw near,
    Joining in glad adoration.

    Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things is wondrously reigning
    And as on wings of an eagle, uplifting, sustaining.
    Have you not seen
    All that is needful has been
    Sent by his gracious adorning?

    Praise to the Lord, who has fearfully, wondrously made you,
    Health has bestowed and, when heedlessly falling, has stayed you.
    What need or grief
    Ever has failed of relief?
    Wings of his mercy did shade you.

    Praise to the Lord, who will prosper your work and defend you;
    Surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend you.
    Ponder anew
    What the Almighty can do
    As with his love he befriends you.

    Praise to the Lord! Oh, let all that is in me adore him!
    All that has life and breath, come now with praise before him!
    Let the Amen
    Sound from his people again;
    Gladly forever adore him! Amen.

Colossians 1:9–12

  • For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven't stopped praying for you. 
  • We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, 10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.
helpful notes on Colossians 1:9–12




For yourself pray:

  • That God shows you many more reasons to be thankful today

For others pray

  • That God fills untrained pastors in the majority world with the full knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding

A song to listen to and ponder, as time allows

 

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