Praying for God's Will

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.    Colossians 4:12  NIV

   Epaphras was the founder of the church in the city of Colosse.  As its first leader, he cared deeply about the strength of their faith in God.  This verse tells us that he wrestled in prayer that his people would stand firm in God’s will.  Strong churches need leaders and people in the church family who wrestle in prayer for the church to be strong in God’s will.  When a church is not walking in God’s will, it becomes weak.

  

   This week, spend at least 5 minutes on at least two separate days praying that your church stands firm in God’s will.  Pray for your church to be a church that does God’s will as it is done in Heaven.  Pray that you are a church family who lives in joyful harmony with God, who loves to do his good, pleasing and perfect will.  You may want to use these Scriptures to guide you as you pray: Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 28:18-20; Micah 6:8; Hebrews 13:20-21.

(If you are not part of a church, your first step in God's will should be to get connected to one.  It might meet in a home or a hotel or a fancy building.  It might be small or big.  It's not the size of the group or the type of building that matters.  A church is a gathering of people who are committed to to Christ and to doing life together with Christ as their King.)