March 9, 2025
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Colossians 4:2-6
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evangelism
Do you sometimes feel a disconnect between you personal spiritual life and your public life? Do you feel like there is a version of you that goes to church and community group, and then another version of you that goes to work or school or to the grocery store? What would it look like to be more consistent, being your true self everywhere you go?
What if every day you could be more intentional about making your spiritual life and your public life one and the same? Wouldn’t that make every day more of an adventure?
In the apostle Paul’s letter to the Colossians, he told them that their ordinary, day-to-day lives could be radically used for God by living with gospel intentionality.
October 8, 2024
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men” (Colossians 3:23 ESV). The apostle Paul instructed bondservants to obey their earthly masters and to work for them as “for the Lord.” Perhaps he had the story of Joseph in mind as he wrote this instruction. For Joseph worked with sincerity and
October 5, 2024
“For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face” (Colossians 2:1 ESV). Paul often “struggled” for the believers in towns and cities where he had been before, but had left behind in order to
April 14, 2024
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Colossians 3:1-4
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heaven
Many Christians today seem to doubt and know nothing of heaven. What do you know about heaven? What do you believe about it? Are you focused on heaven?
Do you have questions like: “Do Christians immediately go to heaven when they die?”“What kind of body will we have in heaven?” “What about hell?” “What about the near death experiences people have reported about visiting heaven?” “What about the new heaven and the new earth?”
In the apostle Paul’s letter to the Colossians, he called believers to focus their hearts and minds on heaven.
March 18, 2024
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Colossians 1:19-22
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cross, jesus
Have you ever experienced a break in a relationship? A broken relationship is often one of the most painful things we ever experience. And reconciliation? Well, that might be one of the most difficult things to accomplish.
In the apostle Paul’s letter to the Colossians, he explained that it was trusting in Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross that reconciled them to God. We can trust in Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross to reconcile us to God.
October 8, 2023
“Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.” (Colossians 4:5-6 NLT). Live with godly wisdom toward those who are outside the faith. Let them see Christ in you. Remember that you
October 7, 2023
“Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” (Colossians 3:13 NLT). Paul told the believers in Colossae to put off their old ways of thinking and behaving and to put on their new life in Christ. He spoke of these old
October 6, 2023
“So you also are complete through your union with Christ” (Colossians 2:10a NLT). In contrast to the emptiness of the world’s wisdom, Paul taught that believers are “complete” (“full to capacity”) through their union with Christ. This is not the same as the command “be filled,” but a truth to know and believe. Those who
October 5, 2023
“But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News” (Colossians 1:23 NLT). Paul warned the Colossian believers to continue and stand firm in the gospel they had believed lest they begin to drift away. This tendency to
October 4, 2023
“We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father” (Colossians 1:11-12 NLT). The apostle Paul prayed that the believers in Colossae would be strengthened by God’s glorious power. For living