Colossians 1:9-14
Fill with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 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 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.
It is character of Paul to begin with thanksgiving. He has his Christian priorities - and his psychology! - right. But his warm-hearted praise is genuine, not just sugar to coat the pill of the lecture to follow. His loving care extended beyond the churches he himself had brought into being, to groups of Christians he had never even met. It cheered him immensely(非常) to hear of their faith and love and hope, And he longed for God to give them fuller understanding and spiritual maturity.
Why?
Spiritual wisdom and understanding: It is from the Lord that we have and to pursue get more of it.
Live a life worthy of the Lord: to his salvation and God's love
Bearing fruit in every good work: Do to serve others.
Endurance and patience and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, for all of these are according to his glorious might, we are share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
Another place is the dominion of darkness.
How?
Pray to the Lord, let me be fill with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
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