Colossians

A prayer based on Colossians 4:2-6. Lord of all, Thank you for the gift of prayer. Your ear is open to our cries. Your heart listens to our burdens. Your power is released as we pray to you. We are sorry for not devoting ourselves to prayer. We start off well, but falter in a day or so. We see a need, we committ to prayer, and we soon forget. We are stubborn, refusing to see the way you answer, if it doesn't line up with what we desire. Forgive us for our sins. Give us eyes

A prayer based on Colossians 3:18 - 4:1 Father, We confess our struggle with this passage of your word. We declare you are Lord, but we want free reign in our lives. Help us to listen to your word. May we conform our lives to what you say, rather than be shaped by culture or led by our own desires. May our marriages be shaped by you. Grant husbands and wives a deep love for each other. May their love for each other be expressed in steadfast committment to each other. May

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A prayer based on Colossians 3:15-17 Lord God, Thank you for chosing us, making us holy and setting your love upon us. We do not deserve your mearcy, the status you give us and the privileges you bestow upon us. Thank you. May the peace of Christ, rule over our life together. We are sorry for the times when we have worked against peace - by spreading rumours, holding onto past hurts or withholding love for one another. You brought us together as one body. You bought our p

A prayer based on Colossians 3:12-15 Lord God, Thank you for chosing us as your people. We cannot understand why you would set us apart, we have nothing to commend ourselves to you. Yet you love us deeply. Thank you. Our Father, As you love us, so we are called to love each other. We are sorry for the ways we have failed to love each other. For ignoring or avoiding certain people. For holding onto wrongs. For spreading lies and gossip. For treating each other as objec

A prayer based on Colossians 1:15-23 Lord of all creation, We worship you - the one who made all things. We praise you for the beauty, power and mystery of this created world. You flung stars into space and spoke galaxies into existence, so we worship you. We bow before the one who made rulers, thrones, power and authorities. We say, you are the greatest. We worship you - the one who holds all things together. Without you, the world would spin out of control. Without you