February 25, 2019

PRAYING FOR US

Colossians 1:9-12

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Encouraging Words

In the Eastern Orthodox church, we the saints that have gone before us as being in the presence of our Lord and Savior. We put our hope in Christ that when we repose that too will be in His glorious presence. Part of this belief and hope is that these saints are praying and petitioning for us on an ongoing basis. This belief makes Pauls' prayer for the Colossians so much more powerful. Just as he never ceased to pray for the Christians of his day, we can believe that Paul has continued his prayer vigil for the Christians ever since. We are not alone on our journey through life. We have each other in the church and those who have gone before us paying for us. Glory be to God!