Colossians 1:9 That is why we keep on talking to God about you since the day we heard about you. We ask him that you may know everything he wants you to do. We ask him that you may be very wise and that the Spirit will help you to understand.
10 We ask him that you will live the way the Lord wants you to live, so that you will please him in everything you do. We ask that you will do everything that is good. We ask that you will see the fruit from what you do. We ask that you will know more and more about God.11 God has wonderful power. And we ask him to give you all the strength you need to go through all your troubles, to be very patient in them, and to be happy.
12 Thank the Father who has made us ready to be with the people of God who live in his light.
Day 17—As Paul drew near the end of the Epistle, he asked others to pray for him. |
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As Paul requested others to pray for him, so I—Ed Corley—make the same request for myself. See here what Paul requested in Colossians 4:3-4—
3Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds (because of which I am held as a prisoner):
4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
This is the main request I would make for myself. Because of the many that we are reaching, I have a sense of deep responsibility to “make the message clear and plain.” And I also feel deep responsibility to open the Word without having to read it through denominational glasses. As we move on into the new year, there is much that is working in my heart that I am impressed to put into writing. Please pray for me that I might be faithful to the commission the Lord placed on my heart years ago to take the deep things of God and make them simple to the understanding.
Oh, there is so much yet to be made known! Vital information and instruction await us for the closing days of the age in which we now live.
Please pray that I will prove to be faithful to the Truth revealed in the Word of God. Much of it is difficult for some of us to understand, but this is not when the Holy Spirit is our helper.
DEAR LORD, please make it clear to Ed Corley what and how he is to proceed under the commission You have placed on him for this closing out period of his life. He needs Your strength, spiritually, mentally and physically. Let the revelation of Truth and Light the comes to him be pure. Let the word he sends forth be a right word for this hour.
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