Sunday Morning

Colossians 3:16- You can have peace when in your innermost being you, by God’s sovereign grace, resolve to live in accordance with something objective — the word of Christ. These rich verses comprise the result of fulfilling the command to let the word dwell richly in us.

Colossians 3:15- Most often, it is our attitudes that lead us into a time of spiritual dryness. One major attitude problem we have is that of complaining. Thankfulness is the attitude that perfectly displaces the sinful tendency to complain, and what releases joy and blessing into your life.

Colossians 3:15- The most important aspect of the peace that is mentioned in Scripture is peace with God, which is the result of a justified position. Then — once a person has peace with God as a result of embracing the Gospel — he also experiences an inner peace that results in living peacefully with others.

Colossians 3:12-14 The Christian life is understanding who you are, and then living out who you are. Paul continues on to tell us what this will look like by listing five Christian values.

Colossians 3:12- The Apostle Paul is helping us cement in our minds what our true identity is because he knows that understanding that is crucial to our effectiveness in living the Christian life. He distinguishes us by our Christian character, and our Divine affection.

Colossians 3:12- If you are a true believer today, you have a unique identity. We ought to live out who we truly are. In the first of three aspects to our identity, Paul points out we are distinguished by Divine grace.

Colossians 3:5-11 With the encouraging reminder to grow spiritually, Paul is compelled to add further insight into sins aimed at fellow believers. Racial, religious and cultural differences can create sinful barriers.

Colossians 3:5-11 In principle, the Colossians had, in becoming Christians, died with Christ. The Apostles Paul emphasizes that they need to now make this death to the old life real in every day practice. He presents two categories of sin that represent fleshly behavior associated with the old life… and that should therefore be abandoned.

Colossians 3:3-4 Our effectiveness in living lives that count, that aren’t wasted, that are pleasing God are dependent upon certain components. One such component is that we must have the right motivation.

Colossians 3:1-2 How do we live our lives in such a way as to please God? This section of Scripture lets us know that our effectiveness is dependent upon certain important components.