
Colossians 1:3-23
We thank God, the Father of Jesus, our Lord Every time we pray for you, as we've heard Of your faith in Christ, and the love you show To all God's people, wherever they go This faith and love it springs from the hope Stored up in heaven, beyond your eye's scope In the truth of the gospel you've come to know And the message of grace will continue to grow Like a seed that is planted throughout the earth The gospel bears fruit, the fruit of new birth As it did in you too from the day that you heard And understood grace, in each gospel word You learned from EH-puh-frus among faithful friends A servant of Christ, we've heard what he sends He told us of love the Spirit imparts And the bond that connects and mends broken hearts So we haven't stopped praying since we first knew That God would fill you with wisdom anew To understand His will and walk in His ways And please Him in all and keep you for that day Bearing fruit in good works and growing in grace Strengthened by power, and walking in faith Enduring with patience, giving thanks with pure joy For the Father's gift, that cannot be destroyed He rescued us from darkness, we were lost in the night Brought into His Son's kingdom, into marvelous light In whom we find redemption, and our sins forgiven A new life in Christ, a path into heaven He's the image of God, the unseen made clear The firstborn of all, forever held dear For by Him all things were created to be In heaven and earth for all eyes that see Thrones, powers, and rulers -- all find their place Through Him, and for Him, and by His boundless grace He holds all things together, He is before all time The head of the church, in His power sublime He is the beginning, the first from the dead So that in everything, He might be the head For in Him alone dwells the fullness of God Reconciling all things, making peace through His blood Once you were estranged, your hearts turned away But now reconciled, alive in Christ, and on the day Presented holy, without blame or stain If you hold to your faith, and in hope remain This gospel you heard, it is spread far and wide To every creature, where ever they reside And I, Paul, a servant, this message impart This truth that transforms, and changes the heart Oooh Ooh

