The document contains passages from Colossians 1:9-14 about praying for spiritual wisdom and understanding from God so that one may live a life worthy of God and please him. It emphasizes growing in knowledge of God, being strengthened, bearing fruit, and giving thanks. The commentary notes that staying spiritually committed requires growing knowledge of God's will rather than remaining stagnant. It encourages positioning oneself to receive God's wisdom and focusing on making good choices each day through perseverance.

1. Colossians 1:9
For this reason, since the day we heard about
you, we have not stopped praying for you and
asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his
will through all spiritual wisdom and
understanding.
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2. Colossians 1:10-11
And we pray this in order that you may live a life
worthy of the Lord and may please him in every
way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in
the knowledge of God, being strengthened with
all power according to his glorious might so that
you may have great endurance and patience,
and joyfully
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3. Colossians 1:12-14
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified
you to share in the inheritance of the saints in
the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from
the dominion of darkness and brought us into
the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we
have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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4. Perhaps a bigger enemy than walking away from the faith
is simply not growing in it, spending a LIFETIME at the
starting line.
Staying the course begins with KNOWLEDGE of God’s will.
You should be more EFFECTIVE living the Christian life
today than when you started.
The more you get to know God through His Word/Spirit
the clearer His WILL becomes.
Over time motivation erodes as we get
LURED away by life

5. Start with where you are asking God for wisdom while
POSITIONING yourself for it.
God QUALIFIED you is not about your performance, but
His.
Living a life worthy is not REDUCIBLE to
knowing God’s will.

6. Spiritual maturity TOMORROW starts with making the
right choices TODAY, one choice at a time.
Knowledge and serving should INFORM and SHAPE each
other.
“By PERSEVERANCE the snail reached the ark” (Spurgeon)
The key is FINISHING what has been started.
Living my life worthy of the Lord,
pleasing him in EVERY way, can be
overwhelming.

7. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Evaluate if I have lost spiritual focus.
( ) Identify if I am growing spiritually. If not, what change
can I make?
( ) Examine if I am being faithful to the will of God I
know, and asking to grow in knowledge of what I don’t
know.
( ) Commit to praying this prayer from Colossians for
Network/myself.
( ) Other________________________