The Arkansas Traveler

Colossians 1:9-12 (NKJV)
9  For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to
pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of
His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being
fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all
patience and longsuffering with joy;
12  giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in the light.
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This is one of Paul's prayers for the church. It can also be used as a
model prayer as we pray for each other. I would offer two ideas:
1. Look around and see who needs this prayer. Pray for your church
leaders and for all others.
2. When you feel down, pray for some else and remember, someone is
praying for you.
PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER AND SEE HOW GOD WORKS!

2 Corinthians 5:15-18 (NKJV)
15  For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through
the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
16  Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is
perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for
us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the
things which are not seen are eternal.
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Where is your focus? If we focus on our circumstances, we may get
discouraged. But if we focus on God's promises, we can have victory over
our circumstances.
Hebrews chapter 11 contains many examples of this. It is usually called
the honor roll of faith. It simply gives examples of many who looked
ahead rather than at their surroundings.
Look up and depend on God!