Filled
With The Knowledge
Of God’s
Will
In our prayers for you we always thank God, the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for we have heard of your faith in Christ
Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope
laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of
the truth, the gospel that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and
growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from
the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God. This you learned
from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a
faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, and he has made known to us your
love in the Spirit.
For this reason, since the day we heard it, we
have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the
knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you
may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to
him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of
God. May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious
power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while
joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the
inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the power of
darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we
have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:3-14
Those of us who have been rescued from the
domain of darkness can bring a little bit of heaven to earth when we are
willing to demonstrate the power of God’s unique approach to life. Even in our
moments of weakness and vulnerability, we are given opportunities to
demonstrate the power and strength of God’s forgiveness by showing His love for
our enemies.
A world in darkness
needs the light of the gospel.
Our Daily
Bread
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