For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:1-3
Father God, I pray for those whom You have placed in my path, some I know and have seen, others I only know by word of mouth. I pray that You would encourage their hearts as they navigate through the challenges of this day, knitting them not only to You but to all who call upon Your Name. I pray that this day You would open up to them the fullness of Your glory, that they might know You deeply and experience Your presence in their lives richly, so that they might in all things praise You, whether in good times or bad, knowing that You love them with an everlasting love. It is my prayer that You would reveal Yourself to them that they might be able to know You more intimately and trust in You more wholly today than they did yesterday. Expose them to the deep treasures of wisdom and knowledge that can be found in Your Word as revealed by Your Spirit, and enable them to put their trust in the saving power of Christ Jesus, Who revealed Your righteousness to this broken world. Father, I pray for them. Touch their lives this day in such a way that they know they have been changed. I praise You for Your unfathomable work of grace in my life and theirs. Thank You, Father. Be glorified in Jesus’ Name!