Strengthened with all power.

Colossians 1:9-12, 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, so that you may 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; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

We don’t need to wait for someone to pray this prayer for us. It’s as one of my preacher friends once observed, the prayers like this recorded in scripture have already been approved in the throne-room of Heaven. He is ready to give us more than we ask or even imagine from this prayer. It’s hardly selfish to make this request, but while we are at it we can offer the same request for others as well!

We thank you that we are strengthened with all power and qualified by You to share in the inheritance of the saints in light!