This is day 3 of or 27 day gratitude and prayer guide in preparation for Thanksgiving. You can download the entire guide here.
Day 2: Respond: Colossians 2:6-7
On a separate sheet of paper, write as much of Colossians 2:6-7 below as you can remember.
Re-read Colossians 2:6-7 and respond
Write this passage down on a sheet of paper, but paraphrase it into your own words.
Go back and read through your responses from Day 1 (Reading) and Day 2 (Reflecting) on Colossians 2:6-7. Spend some time in solitude thinking about what these passages say to you and on your reflections that you wrote in the past two days.
On your paper, write down your thoughts on these two questions:
- What does it mean to live your lives in Jesus?
- How can your actions reflect “overflowing with thankfulness” as you live your life in Jesus?
Prayer of Supplication
Preparation for prayer:
Write down your answers to these questions:
What can God do for you to help you walk closer to Him?
Who do you know who needs the depth in their life of being “rooted and built up” in Jesus, strengthened in their faith?
Spend time in prayer
Pray for God to step into your life and the lives of others. Pray for the answers you wrote down. You can use the following as a guide.
Father, I’m grateful that you desire to help me be further rooted in you and to strengthen my faith.
I come before you, knowing I can’t do this on my own. I know the distractions and the things that get in my way, but I want to have a closer walk with you. I want those roots in my life. Father, please work in me and create in me a heart that longs for you.
I don’t know how to pray and to thank you like I could. Teach me to pray, lead me to walk with you.
Show me how to walk in a way that is overflowing with thanksgiving. Open my eyes. Remind me of the things I’ve read and reflected on and help me to live my life in your son. It’s in him I ask this, Amen.