A Call To Prayer

Colossians 3:18-4:18

God calls us to pray - ‘Devote yourselves to prayer’.

* We are to pray with concern - ‘watchful’.

* We are to pray with gratitude - ‘thankful’ (2).

* We are to pray for those who preach God’s Word.

Thank God for the past. Trust Him for the future.

Remember - the important thing is the ‘message’ (3). The messengers are just ‘jars of clay’. The message is the ‘treasure’ (2 Corinthians 4:7). The messengers must not draw attention to themselves. They must direct attention away from themselves to Jesus Christ - ‘We do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord’ (2 Corinthians 4:5).

We are to pray that the message will be ‘clear’ (4). Pray for good preaching - preaching which does you good, giving you good cause to say in your heart, ‘For me it is good to be near God’ (Psalm 73:28). Pray for preaching which glorifies God.