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Week of 02/15/26

Colossians 4:2-18

Pastor Jim broke down this morning’s passage into three sections:

  • Talking to God about men

  • Talking to men about God

  • Talking to men about men

1. Talking to God about men

In talking to God about men, Pastor Jim emphasized the importance of prayer as it relates to our interactions and relationships with people. He used the words, steadfast, earnest, persistent, obstinate, careful, and vigilant.

  • What do you find most surprising about those adjectives as they apply to prayer? Most meaningful?

He then pointed out how Paul asked for them to pray that they have opportunities to share the gospel—for the open door and then the courage to walk through it. Even Paul needed people to pray for him.

  • How has prayer impacted your life? What about the prayers of others for you—are you more courageous when you know others are praying for you?

  • How have you made it a practice to ask others to pray for you? If you haven’t, why not?

2. Talking to men about God

Paul then encourages them to walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, speaking with grace.

  • How do you balance sharing your faith with words but also living it out as a witness?

  • Do you worry about people seeing your imperfection and associating it with following Christ?

3. Talking to men about men

Paul mentions several people by name—either by word of greeting or word of encouragement.

  • How are you intentionally reaching out to specific people with a word of acknowledgement or encouragement rather than general social media-style sentiment?

Take some time to pray in your group for these three aspects of prayer in your lives, and lets see what God will do as He grows each of us in the practice and discipline of consistent prayer.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18