A Pure and Righteous Prayer

There are some very beautiful verses in the Bible, in the book of Colossians, chapter 1, verses 9-13, that have meant a lot to me. I was alerted to them years ago and was told that this was a perfect prayer for anyone that you love, or it can be used for people that you don’t even know.

It states, “For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.”

At one time someone close to me was experiencing depression. I wanted to pray impersonally and was told about this prayer. When you think about it, what really do you want for anyone but that they become closer to God.

It is very easy to tailor our prayers because we want specific things, such as a fine education, a successful business, a happy marriage, or similar kinds of prayer. These are personal prayers and not a really pure, righteous prayer. This prayer from Colossians is a righteous prayer.

First it says that you pray constantly, “do not cease to pray for you,” that you “might be filled with the knowledge of God’s will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” What more can we ask for someone than for them to know the will of God and be filled with “wisdom and spiritual understanding” so that they might “walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work.”

To walk with God, to be pleasing in His sight, and “strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power.” What gives a person strength but God’s power? Then, it says, “unto all patience and longsuffering.” So, even if someone is going through a trial, they can do it with joyfulness and giving thanks. If you do that you will be delivered from the power of darkness, whether that darkness might be a physical problem, a depression or a mental anxiety. Whatever it is, God delivers you from it. I worked with that prayer. I did it unceasingly and it broke the bondage this person was under, the depression. I am so very grateful for that and have never forgotten it. I pray with those lines in Colossians to this day. This prayer can also bring to your life great healing and peace.