Paul’s Prayers – July 2, 2025

It was dangerous to become a Jesus follower in the ancient world. The cities had their own false gods and goddesses that the people believed kept their city safe. Every city had two kinds of inhabitants—the seen and the unseen. By keeping the unseen happy, you were protected, if not, bad things would happen – floods, earthquakes, famines, or disease pandemics. Their priests would identify what the problem was. So, when Christians stopped observing their worship rituals, they were to blame for any bad event that occurred. The people would chant “Christians to the lions”. So, Paul writes this epistle to encourage and enlighten the people of this new, but endangered church, to help them get established in the faith.

Paul’s prayer for the church at Colosse focuses on spiritual growth, wisdom, understanding, divine empowerment, and living with gratitude and thanksgiving. It points out how believers have been delivered and translated out of Satan’s kingdom into God’s kingdom of love.