To continue in my relationship with
God, through His Son Jesus Christ, so that
I can:
1.
Be close to Him
2.
Worship Him
3.
Be a fragrant offering to Him
4.
To be a reflection of God into the
world
5.
Be Holy as He is holy
6.
Show His love to the world…my family
and neighbors
7.
Be an encouragement to people who He
brings in my path
8.
Pastor Matts sermon on August 25th
2019 Prayer as Soul Shaping
Prayer As -Soul Shaping With God.
Praying regularly for others
My limitations do NOT limit what God
can do in prayer!
Colossians 1:9
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,[
Praying for knowledge of God’s will through
all spiritual wisdom and understanding…
Praying to Live Worthy of the Lord
Colossians 1:10-14
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[a] 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.
1
Bear fruit of the Spirit
2
Knowledge of God
3
Patience
4
Joy and gratitude
Bottom Line:
Living it out…not just knowledge or
words, but Blooming Where I am planted …now.
