Hello, my friends, and welcome back to the Morning Mining Set.

Hope you're ready.

I hope you're ready right now to get your mind aligned with the truth of God's Word.

What that means is we're going to be looking at a passage from the Scripture and we're

going to be endeavoring not only to understand it, but to apply it in our understanding in

a way that strengthens us for this day.

And today, we're going to be talking about God strengthening His people with joy.

I hope you can use some joy in your life, because that's what we're going to get today.

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All right.

Today, we're looking at Colossians chapter 1 verses 9 through 12.

Now, this is another of those biblical prayers where the writer, in this case, the Apostle

Paul, is praying for the people he's writing to.

And here's what he says.

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