November 18, 2025 3:00 am
The power of prayer and thanksgiving is emphasized in the Bible as a means to obtain an open door for speaking the mystery of Christ. According to Colossians 4:2-3, prayer should be vigilant and alert, with a conscious attitude of thanksgiving. The process of obtaining God's action is recorded in Luke 11:9-11, where one must ask, seek, and knock to find the door that He is opening.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Watch in prayer. Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving. Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, which I am also in bonds. Colossians four, two through three.
This strong command is composed of the Greek term gregorio, meaning vigilant or alert. A similar emphasis is at the end of the classic passage identifying the armor of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. Yeah. Our watching must also be with a conscious attitude of thanksgiving during every remembrance of each other, particularly since the intercessory request should be focussed on asking our Lord Jesus to provide an open door. The Lord is indeed the one who opens the door, but the process for obtaining his action is recorded in Luke 11, 9-11.
We must ask for the gift of the open door, seek to find the door that He is opening, and then knock once we are at the door that He is ready to open for us.
However, as Paul notes, when the Lord opens a door of utterance, the spoken word of God conveys the power of God, and that message and its power will bring the attention of the enemy. for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. Any fear that might lurk in our minds should be overridden by the necessity to be spokespeople for this wonderful mystery of Christ. There is no salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. Acts 4.12.
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