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21 Days of Reading Scripture: Day Two | Colossians 1:9-14 May 06, 2025

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Today's Passage: 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; being 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.

Today's Prayer:

Lord, you are our deliverer.

Our great hope and our redeemer.

We pray for your church today—

That we might know the fullness of the hope we have in you.

That we might be filled with spiritual wisdom and understanding.

That we might walk before you in a manner worthy of your presence.

We choose to be a people who endure,

Strengthened by your power alone.

We choose to give thanks in all circumstances,

Resting in the joy that is ours in Christ Jesus.

You have delivered us from darkness and called us your own.

You have redeemed us and brought us into your Kingdom.

You have forgiven our sins past, present, and future.

We stand forever in awe of your sacrifice.

We love you, Lord.

Amen.

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21 Days of Reading Scripture: Day One | Colossians 1:1-8 May 05, 2025

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Today's Passage: Colossians 1:1-8

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we 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. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

Today's Prayer:

Lord, we thank you for your beautiful Word,

Your Gospel truth that brings hope and life.

Your Word is alive and active,

Bearing fruit and reaching to the end of the earth.

We thank you for your church,

The saints who continue to lay down their lives before you,

Your sons and daughters who are chosen and dearly loved.

As your people meditate on your Word—

Keep our hearts ever on fire for more of your Spirit.

Remind us of the hope that we have in Christ Jesus.

Bring clarity and light to where you are at work.

Strengthen us for the path you have laid before us.

We love you, Lord.

Amen.

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21 Days of Reading Scripture: Introduction to Colossians May 04, 2025

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We long to be a people who know our Father deeply—who remember that He has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints (Colossians 1:12), rescued us from the domain of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son (1:13). We long to be a people who trust that the Father’s ways are true and better, who seek the things above, where Christ is seated at His right hand (3:1), and who grow in wisdom and spiritual understanding (1:9–10).

Throughout the month of May—a time when life can feel rushed and scattered—our prayer is that the book of Colossians would draw us closer to the Father, rooting us in His presence, forming us in His truth, and reminding us that our lives are now hidden with Christ in God (3:3).

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting | Day 21 - You will be my witnesses. Jan 30, 2025

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Today's Passage and Prayer: Colossians 1: 9-14

9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting | Day 20 - And I will put my Spirit within you. Jan 29, 2025

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Today's Passage: Ezekiel 36:25-27

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

Today's Prayer:

Almighty God, Creator of Heaven and earth, author and perfecter of our faith, holy is Your name. Lord it is by grace and grace alone that you transformed us from a people who once rebelled against you into a people who now live to glorify you and to bring you praise. And so Father today we are grateful, grateful because the work you began in us is being seen through to completion by the power of your Spirit. Lord with each passing day like a potter shapes clay you are shaping us into a people who resemble you. And so as we take this time to fast and to seek Your face, we pray that you would open our eyes to the formative work that you’re doing within us. Continue to cleanse us and to make us holy as we surrender ourselves over to you daily. Lastly, God we pray that we would not rely on our own strength but on you and you alone. It’s in your holy and precious name that we pray all these things, Amen.

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting | Day 19 - So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. Jan 28, 2025

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Today's Passage: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

And I, when I came to you brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Today's Prayer:

Father, would you give us more of your Spirit that allows us to become more like your son Jesus. May we feel your presence that directs our path towards life. As we encounter so much that today brings allow the power of the Spirit shine through. So that when people see us, they see you. O Lord, not to us, and only to your name be the glory. Amen

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting | Day 18 - The Spirit himself intercedes for us. Jan 27, 2025

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Today's Passage: Romans 8:26-27

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Today's Prayer:

Father, thank you for always being with us, your Spirit never leaves us alone, even in our darkest moments you are there.

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting | Day 17 - If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Jan 26, 2025

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Today's Passage: John 7:37-39

37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Today's Prayer:

Lord, thank you. Thank you for this river of living water, and that out of your abundant love this river flows through us.

As we continue on today, through this week, and the rest of the 21 days, father would you open our eyes? Help us to pay attention, to be in tune with your spirit and catch a glimpse of the river and where we see life spring up in the spaces around us. You have been so good to include us in this sharing of life. Lord we love you. Amen.

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21 Days of Prayer & Fasting | Day 16 - Against such things there is no law. Jan 25, 2025

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Today's Passage: Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Today's Prayer:

Dear God,

Will you give us more of these Fruits of the Spirit? Will you grow them all? Will you give us such a portion that the boughs of our lives will bend under the weight of so much fruit… so much love, so much joy, so much peace and patience, kindness and goodness, so much faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. And God, I pray for every specific fruit that you brought to mind to every specific person listening to this podcast. I pray that you would grow that Fruit in them today. We love you.

It is in the name of our Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ that we pray,

Amen.

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