We have not ceased to pray for you.

Colossians 1:9-14, And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

What a wonderful prayer, as one of my teachers once said these prayers are “pre-approved in the throne-room of God.” C. S. Lewis once observed that the only prayers we can give full, unqualified assent to are those that are written so that we can know and understand what is said before we pray it. Why not pray this over someone today?

We thank you for transferring us out of the domain of darkness into the kingdom of your beloved Son!

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