During the full day of prayer on the prayer retreat, the Lord highlighted many things for me, and I tried to keep in mind the words He had given me that morning. Let yourself be naked before me, wide open, and worship. I kept my dream in mind as I prayerfully read through Colossians. I was expectant and hopeful and I felt the Lord's presence strongly on me, my heart even beat erratically.
These are all parts of Colossians 1:
For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God's people, which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven.
We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people...
Everything was created through Him and and for Him.
As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don't drift away...
And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.
God was beginning to link all of these verses together for me as I prayed to understand their meaning.
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