Tag Archives: Colossians

12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. What a noble prayer request that he offered! This life of prayer that Epaphras practiced is anContinue reading “9Jul2008 Col 4:12”

6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. I don’t know about you, but sometimes the words that come out of my mouth are not a good reflection of Jesus. I am not even talking about foul language. I am talking aboutContinue reading “8Jul2008 Col 4:6”

21 Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. Fathers can have a greater influence on the outcome of children than we thought. Studies have shown that the relationship of a father to their children is key to their successful transition to adulthood. If fathers are absent or disengaged from their sons,Continue reading “7Jul2008 Col 3:21”

18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. I happen to think that men and women are different, that we have different areas of struggle and different weaknesses as a result of Adam and Eve’s sin choices. Here isContinue reading “6Jul2008 Col 3: 18-19”

15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitudeContinue reading “5Jul2008 Col 3:15-16”

11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. There are no racial, ethnic, religious, economic, or class distinctions in the Body of believers. I like churches that look like Baskin Robins, 31 flavors all in one place. But thereContinue reading “4Jul2008 Col 3:11”

2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. You might have heard the phrase, “He is so heavenly minded he is no earthly good.” But I think the opposite is true much more often, that we are soContinue reading “3Jul2008 Col 3:2-3”

20 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: Dead men don’t have to obey the speed limit! They don’t get cited for criminal misconduct. They never get in bar fights. They don’t commit adultery. They neverContinue reading “2Jul2008 Col 2:20”

17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. I am amazed again and again at the lengths people will go to grasp shadows rather than the reality! The verse right before this one spells out some legalistic proscriptions that the false teachers in theContinue reading “1Jul2008 Col 2:17”

28 We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. Did you ever wonder what you would do if a child without a developmental or physical handicap was still in diapers when they were 10 years old? Or if they were still crawling around onContinue reading “30Jun2008 Col 1:28”