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Colossians chapter 4, verse 12,

the papras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus,

greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers,

that you may stand mature, fully assured, in all the will of God.

What a description of a papras.

He is a servant of Christ Jesus, who is always struggling

on others' behalf in his prayers.

What a phrase.

Someone who struggles on behalf of others in praying for them.

This picture of a papras has a servant of Jesus

enter seating for other people daily, pleading before God,

for them, for their faith that they may stand mature,

and fully assured in all the will of God.

I just asked the question here,

do you struggle on others' behalf in your prayers?

Who are you interceding for, standing in the gap

for in ways that would be described as struggling

on others' behalf in your prayers?

This is what we're called to do for each other.

And so I want to pray for you in this way

and I want to encourage each of us to pray for others in this way.

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