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The Colossians Prayer



Prayer is essential. Prayer is vital. Prayer is both corporate and personal. Prayer is more than just “sending up requests to God.” It is praise and recognition and it is petitioning for asking God’s will upon this earth. We pray as a means to seek forgiveness, reconciliation, and our daily needs.

So, there is much in prayer. But, above all, the most important thing to remember about prayer is it is a personal, loving and intimate time between us and God our Father. The good news of prayer is that it isn’t just for us.

We have the absolute privilege to pray for our family and for others. This is commonly referred to as “intercessory prayer.” We can intercede for others by talking with God about their needs and to ask Him to intervene on their behalf.

One of the prayers that we can pray for others and, most importantly, for our children is from Colossians 1:9-11. These verses in Colossians can be set to prayer and personalized for those you are praying for daily….just put the name of the one you are praying for in the blank. Here it is:


Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that You will give _______ a complete understanding of what You want to do in _________'s life.  I ask, dear Father, that you will make ________ wise with spiritual wisdom so that the way _______ lives will always honor and please You. I pray that through Your Holy Spirit, ___________ will always do good, kind things for others and that, all the while, ______will learn to know You better and better. Father, I pray that _________ will be strengthened with Your glorious power so that ________ will have all the patience and endurance they need. Father, please fill _______ with Your Joy! In the Name of Jesus Christ I pray, AMEN.

It is our hope that you can use the outline of this Scripture as a tool to see how this (and many other portions of the Bible) can be used as a way to “pray the Scriptures” for yourself and for others. Philippians 4:6, “…in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

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