1:9
The fact that the Colossians were doing well did not stop Paul and his co-workers praying for them, indeed they had not stopped praying for them. We are then told what they prayed for. It is instructive to look at what Paul prayed for, and consider our own prayers for ourselves and for others. They naked God to fill them with knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives. We should know God well.
1:10
The purpose was not to fill them with knowledge for the sake of it, but so that they could live lives that were pleasing to God, bearing fruit in every good work, and to grow in the knowledge of God. We all need to know God better.
1:11
It is also so that they would be strengthened with all power according to His glorious might. Then notice what all this produces “great endurance and patience”. Paul is not prating for an easy life for them, but that they may be more Chrislike. Endurance and patience are powerful weapons.
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