In the previous section (Colossians 1:3-8), Paul identified four reasons that he was thankful for the Colossian believers. In our text for this evening (Colossians 1:9-12), Paul further described his prayer for the saints. He desired that they might be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. This is […]
Have you ever noticed how frequently believers in the Bible included thanks in their prayers? It was a common practice. A large part of our prayers for others ought to include thankfulness. As Paul and Timothy began this letter to the Colossian church, they devoted 1:3-8 to the topic of giving thanks to God for […]
This evening, we are going to begin a journey through the book of Colossians that will instruct us, challenge us, and exhort us in many ways. I encourage you to pour your heart into this study. Author and Date Paul the Apostle with Timothy wrote this book. Paul wrote Colossians about 62 A.D. Paul was […]
If you are like me, you have many jobs around the house that you know need done, but you neglect to do them. Often my neglect is not that I am trying to be bad but it is that I forget or I place other things ahead of those jobs. If we are not careful […]
When people think of us, they think of our reputation. In the mind of every person who knows us there is a database of information. That information is based on our attitudes, appearance, words and actions. It is based on whether we are kind or cruel, helpful or hurtful, cheerful or grumpy, calm or angry, […]
After speaking to wives, husbands, children, fathers, employees and employers of their need to be Word-filled to do their difficult tasks, Paul follows this with two important Christian duties. Transition This evening we are going to learn what those duties are and how to fulfil them. Read Colossians 4:2-6. Be Praying Earnestly (v.2-4) Be praying […]
In Bible days, slavery was common. Slaves had little motivate to do a good job for their master beyond what was necessary to avoid a beating. Masters were often unkind and unfair with their slaves. Thus, the relationship between slaves and masters was often very unloving. When a slave or a master became a Christian, […]
Sir Arnold Lunn, in Memory to Memory, quotes from a book by M. E. Clifton James about Field Marshal Montgomery. Montgomery was famous as a disciplinarian—but there was another side to him. Clifton James was studying him during a rehearsal for D Day. “Within a few yards of where I was standing, a very young […]
Charles Spurgeon, who died in 1892, said, “Nowadays, there are some children who seem to be at the head of the family, and the parents obey them in all things. This is very foolish and wrong; and when their children grow up, and become their plague and curse, they will bitterly lament their folly in […]
Love and bitterness are like the two ends of a seesaw. When one end is up, the other is down. You cannot possibly be loving and bitter at the same time. If you biblically love your wife, you will not be bitter toward her. If you are bitter toward your wife, you are not biblically […]