Bearing Fruit in Every Good Work

“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may… (Col. 1:9)

 Colossians 1:9-14 is loaded with seven wonderful promises to praise God for. Here’s what you can do with the Spirit’s help:

1)    …live a life worthy of the Lord and…

2)    …please him in every way: …

3)    …bearing fruit in every good work, …

4)    …growing in the knowledge of God, being …

5)    …strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that …

6)    …you may have great endurance and patience, and giving thanks to the Father, … 

7)    …who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 

Therefore

This wonderful passage ends with another great promise about being rescued from darkness and given redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

“…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.” (Col. 1:9-14)