Colossians 1:9-10 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of His will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
Does it humble and inspire you to think that someone might be praying for you? Who are you praying for?
Paul’s prayer requests two blessings; 1) knowledge of God’s ________ and 2) the __________ to perform it.
Spiritual wisdom is the knowledge of principles or God’s _________.
Understanding is the ability to _____________ God’s truth to ____________ given situation which may arise in life.
Paul says knowledge of God’s will and ______________ in life will lead to __________ God, ______________ good fruit and _______________ growth in relationship with God.
Romans 12:1-2 Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.