A Guide to Praying Colossians For yourself, your friends, and your family All prayers taken from www.prayscripture.org Paul’s letter to the believers at Colosse gives an in-depth description of who Jesus Christ is and what the life of His followers should look like as they rely on Him as completely sufficient to meet every need. In Colossians, Paul addresses so many aspects of the Christian life: marriage, parenting, loving others, salvation, work, and much more. This booklet will guide you to pray for . a firm faith that is rooted and built up in Jesus. God to help us put on the new self, renewed in the knowledge and image of God. God to help us set our minds on things above, not on earthly things. peace to rule in our hearts and His word to dwell in us richly. Pray through Colossians and watch how Jesus changes everything! How do I use this booklet? Skim the prayer guide and find a verse or prayer that speaks to you. Ask yourself, “Who does this apply to?” and insert that person’s name(s) in to the provided spaces (or insert your own name!) Choose someone (or several people) to commit to pray for daily. Select a prayer each day and insert their names into the provided spaces in each prayer. If you’re praying for multiple people, you can. Pray for one person at a time and repeat the verses for each person. OR put all of the names together and pray for them at one time There’s no right or wrong way to pray scripture! Just commit, ask the Holy Spirit to guide you, and start praying. Colossians 1:2a May ______ be a holy and faithful brother/sister in Christ. Colossians 1:2b May ______ have grace and peace from You, God the Father. Colossians 1:4 May ______ have a faith in You, Jesus, and a love for people that others hear about. Colossians 1:6b May ______ hear the gospel and understand Your grace, God, in all its truth. Colossians 1:7 May ______ be like Epaphras, a minister of Christ to others. Colossians 1:9 May You, Lord, fill ______ with the knowledge of Your will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. Colossians 1:10 May ______ live a life worthy of You, Lord, and please You in every way; bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of You. Colossians 1:11 May ______ be strengthened with all power according to Your glorious might so that he/she may have great endurance and patience. Colossians 1:12 May ______ joyfully give thanks to You, Father, who have qualified ______ to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. Colossians 1:13 Thank you, Father, for rescuing ______ from the domain of darkness & bringing him/her into the kingdom of Your Son. Colossians 1:14 May ______ know and believe that it is through Jesus that we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:15 May ______ know and believe that You, Jesus, are the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Colossians 1:16a May ______ know and believe that by You, Jesus, all things were created. Colossians 1:17 May ______ know and believe that You, Jesus, were before all things, and in You all things hold together. Colossians 1:18 May ______ know and believe that You, Jesus, are the head of the body, the church. You are the beginning and the firstborn among the dead, so that in everything You might have the supremacy. Colossians 1:19 May ______ know and believe that God was pleased to have ALL fullness dwell in Jesus, and through Jesus to reconcile to Himself all things by making peace through Jesus’ blood shed on the cross. Colossians 1:22 Thank You, God, that you have reconciled ______ by Christ’s death, to present him/her holy in Your sight, without blemish and free from accusation. Colossians 1:23 May ______ continue in his/her faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. Colossians 1:23b May ______, like Paul, be a servant of the gospel. Colossians 1:27 May ______ know that Christ in him/her is the hope of glory. Colossians 2:2 May ______ be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that he/she may have the full riches of complete understanding to know the mystery of God, namely Christ. Colossians 2:3 May ______ know that in You, Jesus, are hidden all the treasures of wisdom of knowledge. Colossians 2:5 May ______ have a firm faith in You, Jesus. Colossians 2:6 May ______ receive You as Lord and continue to live in You, Jesus. Colossians 2:7 May ______ be rooted and built up in You, Jesus, strengthened in the faith as he/she is taught, and be overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:8a May ______ never be taken captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy. Colossians 2:13 Thank You, God, that when ______ was dead in sin, you made him/her alive with Christ and have forgiven all his/her sins. Colossians 3:1 Since ______ has been raised with Christ, may ______ set his/her heart on things above, where You, Lord, are seated at the right hand of God. Colossians 3:2 May ______ set his/her mind on things above, not on earthly things. Colossians 3:3 May ______ remember that he/she died and his/her life is now hidden with Christ in You, God. Colossians 3:4 Thank You, God, that when Christ, who is ______’s life, appears, he/she will also appear with Him in glory! Colossians 3:5 May ______ put to death whatever belongs to the earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Colossians 3:8 May ______ rid himself/herself of all anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from his/her lips. Colossians 3:10 May ______ put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of You, his/her Creator. Colossians 3:12 May ______, as one of Your chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe himself/herself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Colossians 3:13 May ______ bear with and forgive others for any grievances. May ______ forgive as You, Lord, have forgiven him/her. Colossians 3:14 May ______ put on love, which binds together all [other] virtues in perfect unity. Colossians 3:15 May Your peace, Jesus, rule in ______’s heart, since he/she is called to peace. May _____ be thankful. Colossians 3:16a May Your word, Jesus, dwell in ______ richly. Colossians 3:17 Whatever ______ does, whether in word or deed, may he/she do it all in the Your name, Lord, giving thanks to God the Father. Colossians 3:18 As a wife, may ______ submit to her husband, as fitting to the Lord. Colossians 3:19 As a husband, may ______ love his wife and not be harsh with her. Colossians 3:20 As a child, may ______ obey his/her parents in everything, for this pleases You, Lord. Colossians 3:21 As a father, may ______ not embitter his children so that they become discouraged. Colossians 3:23 Whatever ______ does, may he/she work at it with all his/her heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. Colossians 3:24b May ______ remember that it is You, Jesus, that he/she is serving. Colossians 4:2 May ______ devote himself/herself to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:5 May ______ be wise in the way he/she acts toward [non-believers]. May ______ make the most of every opportunity. Colossians 4:6 May ______’s conversations always be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that he/she may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:7 May ______ be like Tychicus, a dear brother, a faithful minister, and fellow servant of the Lord. Colossians 4:9 May ______ be like Onesimus, a faithful and dear brother [to other believers]. Colossians 4:12 May ______ be like Epaphras, a servant of Christ, who is always wrestling in prayer for [others]. Colossians 4:17 Just as Archippus was instructed, may ______ also complete the work that he/she has received in You, Lord. .