We would all admit that prayer is an area of weakness for us. In these verses Paul urges the Colossians to pray as an expression of their new life in Christ. Listen to what he says about prayer:
-Continue steadfastly in it (in other words, "Don't give up").
-Be watchful in it (kind of like Jesus said to His disciples in the garden, "Watch and pray").
-Do it with thanksgiving ("that outward expression of gratitude to God the Father who has already freed them from a tyranny of darkness, transferred them into a kingdom in which his Son holds sway and given them a share in the inheritance of the saints in light" -O'Brien).
-Pray for the spread of the gospel (which means we pray for something/someone other than ourselves).
4:5-6 tomorrow.
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