I pray that _______________ will… …know God’s will for their life. 9 For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, 10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.  11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light. Colossians 1:9-12 A Deeper Prayer I pray that _______________ will… …know God’s will for their life. …walk worthy of the Lord. …have endurance, patience, joy and thankfulness.”

…that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.  Colossians 1:10

“pleasing” = doing what someone wants; obeying them. …that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.  Colossians 1:10 “pleasing” = doing what someone wants; obeying them.

Pleasing people Our love for other people should cause us to consistently do what they want – “please” them.

Pleasing people Dilemmas: Our love for other people should cause us to consistently do what they want (“please” them). Dilemmas: When we please one person (do what they want), we often displease another person.

Sometimes doing what someone wants is a really bad thing to do. Pleasing people Our love for other people should cause us to consistently do what they want (“please” them). Dilemmas: When we please one person (do what they want), we often displease another person. Sometimes doing what someone wants is a really bad thing to do.

Sometimes doing what someone wants is a really bad thing to do. Pleasing people Our love for other people should cause us to consistently do what they want (“please” them). Dilemmas: When we please one person (do what they want), we often displease another person. Sometimes doing what someone wants is a really bad thing to do. We should always honor people by listening, respecting, and explaining – even if we don’t do what they want.

Sometimes doing what someone wants is a really bad thing to do. Pleasing people Our love for other people should cause us to consistently do what they want (“please” them). Dilemmas: When we please one person (do what they want), we often displease another person. Sometimes doing what someone wants is a really bad thing to do. We should always honor people by listening, respecting, and explaining – even if we don’t do what they want. The gift: ultimately, we should concern ourselves with pleasing just one person – Jesus.

…that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.  Colossians 1:10

Orthopraxy: correct/straight (orthos) behavior (praxis) …that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.  Colossians 1:10 Orthopraxy: correct/straight (orthos) behavior (praxis) Orthodoxy: correct/straight (orthos) belief (doxa) Colossians 1:10 is a prayer that others will live with: correct behavior (orthopraxy): walk worthy, fully pleasing, bearing fruit correct belief (orthodoxy): growing in the knowledge of God

Lord, help ____________ to: …that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.  Colossians 1:10 Lord, help ____________ to: behave correctly (walk worthy, be pleasing to You, bear fruit); believe correctly (grow in the knowledge of God) Pray this prayer for someone else! Pray this prayer for yourself!