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21 Days of Focused Prayer – Day 9
1 Corinthians 16:9; Colossians 4:2-4

Colossians 4:2-4 (The Message)
Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude. Don't forget to pray for us, that God will open doors for telling the mystery of Christ, even while I'm locked up in this jail. Pray that every time I open my mouth I'll be able to make Christ plain as day to them.

So Christians must be watchful and active in prayer, alive in the fullest sense, never careless, mechanical, or dull and heavy. Paul requests prayer for himself while being imprisoned in Rome. His concern was that he and his associates might have clear opportunities for witnessing and that Paul might make clear the great secret ("mystery"; of redemption in Christ in a worthy manner. There was no selfish motive behind this prayer; Paul's consuming interest was for the advancement of the Gospel, not for his own blessing.