DEVOTED TO PRAYER Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I...
Read moreALL IN! And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23-25 The Message paraphrase sums up Colossians 3:23-25 well: Don’t just do...
Read moreLet the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the...
Read moreAnd let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Colossians 3:15 LET PEACE RULE It was C.S. Lewis who said that, “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not...
Read morePUT ON KINDNESS Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering Colossians 3:12 You might be surprised by what it really means to “put on kindness”. The Greek word for kindness is chrestotes and it describes the kindliness or sweetness of temper which puts...
Read moreTHE PUTTING OFF OF PREJUDICE In this new man of God’s design there is no distinction between Greek and Hebrew, Jew or Gentile, foreigner or savage, slave or free man. Christ is all that matters for Christ lives in them all. Colossians 3:11 PHILLIPS Our pastor taught a message...
Read moreRise If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When...
Read moreSELF-IMPOSED RELIGION! Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations — “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” which all concern things which perish with the using — according...
Read moreCompletely Forgiven! And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out...
Read moreCOMPLETE IN CHRIST – PART ONE Consider Your “Completeness” For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:9-10 We could easily spend a year unpacking the beautiful and life-changing truths...
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