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The Example of Epaphras, Part 4 (TMF:2908)

Wednesday, July 01, 2026
Peace to Live By: The Example of Epaphras, Part 4 (TMF:2908) - Daniel Litton
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       And this just wasn’t easy praying, but Paul, believe it or not, points out that Epaphras was “struggling” in his prayers for the body. He was putting great effort and likely particularities into his praying. They weren’t simply general circumstances he was praying for, but specific circumstances as well. Thankfully, Paul just doesn’t leave us there, but he lets us in on some of the specifics of what Epaphras was actually praying for, when he says, “that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God” (ESV). So, we have two specific things in point of fact, that which pertains to maturity of faith and also assurance of faith, assurance particularly in God’s will, and what that will is for them. This first area of maturity probably shouldn’t surprise us, for it is what Paul has been discussing specifically in chapters 3 and 4 in addressing the believers, when he has gotten down the basics of a godly life, and how that godly character in each individual is supposed to look, and really, how it’s not supposed to look.