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Colossians 4:2 NIV NLT MSG GREEK Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. NLT Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. MSG Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude. GREEK Persevere proskartereō in ho prayer proseuchē, being vigilant grēgoreō in en it autos with en thanksgiving eucharistia.

pray be alert give thanks

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Colossians 4:3-4 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.

pray watchful thankful devote pray watchful thankful I want to focus on being watchful & thankful

Colossians 3:15-17 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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John 5:17 Jesus replied, "My Father is always working, and so am I."

Acts 17:24-27

God is active to bring about … …as much redemption as possible …as much goodness as possible …as much blessing as possible

1 / 1,000,000,000 there hasn’t been a nanosecond of your life where God was not present

his eyes have always been on you his love has always been toward you his concern has always been for you

Notice the good that God is doing & give thanks for that

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

intentionality this is something that we don’t do naturally Something we can only do if we are devoted to it

drift away slow motion it happens through a slow process of decay you sort of drift away in slow motion

Your world view is basically the same as the atheist

the more stagnant a pond gets, the more it smells

fall asleep

2 Corinthians 5:14 …Christ’s love compels us…

staying awake noticing [SOUND] comes in after 2 seconds

[CLICK] for Kibera slum in Nairobi Kenya

we loose sight of what is going on inside of us

Revelation 2:4 You have forsaken the love you had at first.

Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Jesus didn’t come to give us a new belief system He came to give us life life to the full Marriage certificate

Oh, Mama, just look at me one minute as though you really saw me Oh, Mama, just look at me one minute as though you really saw me. Mama, fourteen years have gone by. I'm dead… But, just for a moment now we're all together. Mama, just for a moment we're happy. Let's look at one another.

I can't. I can't go on. It goes so fast I can't. I can't go on. It goes so fast. We don't have time to look at one another. I didn't realize. So all that was going on and we never noticed. Take me back – up the hill – to my grave.

No. The saints and poets, maybe—they do some.

Wake up to the freshness of every moment

All good things come from him Goodness in all that’s good Beauty in all that’s beautiful Joy in all that’s joyful

BELLS Bless Eat Listen Learn Sent

How do you stay awake

1 pay attention to your soul 2 pay attention to new developments 3 apply this to all of our relationships

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