Prayer Verse

Our prayer verse this week from Colossians 3: 15-16:

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.


We were called to peace. What gets in the way of peace? "But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips." (Col 3:8). or "What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? (James 4:1). Instead "Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification." (Romans 14:19). After all, we are new creations "... being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator." (Col. 3:10).