1. Scripture Prayers
Colossians 1:3-14

2. Prayers:
1. Give thanks for their faith in Jesus, love for brethren, hope of heaven.
2. Ask for knowledge of God’s will in wisdom /spiritual understanding.
3. Ask for faith walk which pleases God.

3. Prayers:
4. Pray for fruit of good works and a increase in their knowledge of God.
5. Ask for inner strength and God’s power.
6. Ask for God to work patience, endurance and joy.

4. Prayers:
7. Thank God for their part in His inheritance with all the brethren.
8. Claim their deliverance from the power of darkness/satan.
9. Claim their salvation and pardon through the blood of Jesus.

5. Important words: praying: an earnest request ask: beg, crave, desire
His will: desire, pleasure, will
spiritual understanding: super-natural intelligence
walk: your behavior, way of life
worthy: in a Godly manner

6. Important words: pleasing: compliant, submissive, yielding
fruitful: fertile, that which bears fruit
increasing: growing
knowledge: full discernment, perception
strengthened: enabled by His power
patience: cheerfully remaining under your problem

7. Important words:
longsuffering: long tempered, self-restraint in face of provocation
joy: cheerfulness; calm delight
delivered: rescued from a rapid current
redemption: releasing on payment of a ransom
forgiveness: the sending away of your sins!!

8. Sample prayer:
God I thank you for _______'s faith in Jesus, love for the brethren, hope of heaven. Fill _______ with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. May _______ walk by faith in a worthy manner. Make _______ fruitful in all he/she does. Increase _______'s knowledge of You.

9. Sample prayer:
Strengthen _______ with all Your power so he/she will be patient, longsuffering and joyful at the same time. Thank you for _______'s part in Your inheritance. I claim _______'s deliverance from every power of the enemy because of their redemption and forgiveness through the blood of Jesus.