Pray.

 'Laboring fervently for you in prayers.'  Did you read that- laboring fervently- in praying!  Do we pray fervent prayers? Are we passionate in our praying for others or simply matter-of-fact, routinely name dropping with a touch of something extra in the way of a request? What does it mean to 'labor fervently'?  If I were to tell you I labored fervently today what would you imagine? That whatever work I was undertaking I was doing so really eagerly, really absorbed, really passionate about the job I was doing. We can work fervently at whatever we want to. You could hold a job as a waiter and be very passionate about your job- serving others with an outstanding attitude of helpfulness, attentiveness, cheerfully. You could be a judge in court and fervently do your work- paying the utmost attention to the cases you're residing over, being truly concerned beyond hurrying through the cases on your docket. Being enthusiastic for what we are doing isn't being outrageous. Being caught up in your labor because your heart is in it, is a good thing. 

Laboring fervently in prayers for others. This is a gift truly, to be able to pray such prayers that you can be commended for doing so. 

If I labor in prayer for you, I am entreating God for you in a real, very meaningful way. I am spending time to pray, I am truly speaking to God on your behalf. God- our Creator, God- our Father, God- who is love, God- who gave us His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ! 

We need to be prayer warriors, but, and I say this with all the conviction of truth I possess- we are not all called to prayer warriors to the extreme. Yes, we are ALL called to pray, every single one of us! We are to pray for one another and yes, those prayers should be prayed fervently. Some people are called to be prayer warriors as a way of life though. Their calling, their part of the belonging to the body of Christ- is prayer warrior.

Please, take the time to read the entire following passage. This is Paul writing a salutation and giving praise to so many, please note Col. 4:12 as you read. 

You will see that all are called to pray. Paul then makes note of various people- Tychicus- faithful minister, comforter of hearts. Onesimus, faithful and one who can relay circumstance. Aristarchus, Marcus, Justus- fellowworkers. There are more- keep reading. But one stands out, Epaphras, he stands out as a prayer warrior, one who prays fervently, one who has great zeal.   

We all need to pray as I said already, we do, and from our hearts. Just know that if you're not one who has eloquent words in prayers, that the Holy Spirit will say what we cannot.

Rom 8:26  Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 

May God help us pray as we ought, and rely upon the Holy Spirit where we fail to know what to speak.  Are you a prayer warrior, it's okay if you're not in the sense that it is your gift. You can be a little prayer warrior, not super prayer warrior, God gives us all gifts according to His will.

Pray, pray always in all prayer and supplication… pray daily prayers, pray fervently…. No matter what… PRAY!  

All by the grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ now and forever!!!!!!! Amen! 

Col 4:1  Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. 

Further Instructions

Col 4:2  Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; 

Col 4:3  Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 

Col 4:4  That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 

Col 4:5  Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 

Col 4:6  Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. 

Final Greetings

Col 4:7  All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: 

Col 4:8  Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; 

Col 4:9  With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. 

Col 4:10  Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) 

Col 4:11  And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. 

Col 4:12  Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 

Col 4:13  For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 

Col 4:14  Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. 

Col 4:15  Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. 

Col 4:16  And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 

Col 4:17  And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 

Col 4:18  The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.