A Midnight Prayer of Intercession – Your Everyday Prayer

A Prayer of Intercession
By Jessica Van Roekel

“Could you be strengthened with all power, according to his wonderful might, for all stamina and endurance with joy, offering many thanks to the Father, who has capable you to share in the inheritance of the saints in gentle.” –  Colossians 1:11-12 ESV

I cherish, defend, and nurture my snooze. So, when it’s disrupted, I am a little disgruntled. But when God wakes me with a name on my heart, I know he is identified as me to pray. I could grumble about the interrupted night’s sleep or obediently pray. In some cases the names God wakes me up with are folks I know, so I have a basic plan of how to pray for them. Other periods it’s a missionary I’ve in no way achieved but our church supports or a ministry I know about.

The Apostle Paul traveled significantly and broad, spreading the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. He founded quite a few churches, and quite a few of his letters had been to all those congregations. Nonetheless, the church in Colossae was not a church he started or visited, but he wrote a particular letter to them. The church in Colossae was most likely started by Epaphras, who was transformed to Christ throughout the time of Paul’s ministry in Ephesus. Paul’s letter to the Colossians was prompted by a pay a visit to from Epaphras, who shared a great report of the congregation and the church’s spiritual problems and doctrinal errors.

Paul experienced hardly ever satisfied the Colossians, nonetheless he prayed a effective prayer for them. When we really don’t know what to pray for another person, we can transform to Paul’s prayer for the Colossians in chapter 1, verses 9-14, for advice. He prayed the Colossians believers would honor and remember to the Lord in four means: fruitfulness, maturity, power, and gratitude. Paul prayed the Colossians would honor the Lord by bearing fruit. His term option signifies bearing fruit is current and continuous. Fruitfulness is the result of the Holy Spirit’s do the job in men and women. Fruit trees make fruit according to the sort of tree they are, and Christians are no unique. We can pray for other people today to bear fruit as they submit to the operating of God in their lifetime. Initial salvation kick starts off our advancement and maturity in Jesus Christ. Successful Christian daily life and ministry stream from a dependable improve in the understanding of God. It is not mere head understanding but own information by implementing what we discover about Christ to our life. We can pray for another person to have an ongoing lifestyle of discovery and experience with Jesus.

The Colossians confronted criticism, intimidation, and pre-Christian mindsets. They needed empowerment to endure with endurance which is what Paul prayed for and what God offered. Christians today facial area discouragement, disappointment, pressure, and persecution. We encounter trials, temptations, and assessments from several resources: our pre-Jesus previous, criticism for next Jesus, and assaults from our adversary, the satan. These merge to distract us from devotion to God, make our affect ineffective, entice Christian leaders, and wipe out the work God wants to do. We can pray that Christians be “strengthened with all power. . . that [they] might have great endurance and endurance” (1:11). Paul emphasised rejoicing in his letters. Joyful gratitude aids us recall our Heavenly Father’s reward of salvation. People will always want to disqualify what God has carried out in our life. A joyful, grateful coronary heart is just one way to bolster our hearts for the reason that we try to remember that God qualifies, rescues, and delivers us into his kingdom. We can pray Christians will express their joy and gratitude over what God has done.

Let’s pray:
Holy God,
Thank you for calling us to pray for some others and giving us the text to pray in this letter to the Colossians. As we pray, we check with they will regularly bear fruit as they serve you. Might they know you more and extra in a personal way. Might you empower them to confront persecution with stamina and patience. And might their coronary heart overflow with joyful gratitude as they bear in mind how you rescue, qualify, and bring them into your kingdom. Pour your Spirit upon them as they find to reside for you. In Jesus’ title, Amen.

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