Notes

Paul closes his letter with the simple prayer, "Grace be with you" (4:18). What a perfect way to end his letter! WITH THE GOSPEL! And I think it is the perfect way to end this 30-day journey through Colossians... GRACE BE WITH YOU! I pray you would have a deep...

Wow, just two days left! Thanks so much for taking this journey with me through the blog. Music is one of those things that stirs my affections for Jesus. I can listen to music all day. Especially now as we are entering into the Christmas season--seriously, who...

I gain such application from 4:16, "And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea." Paul is instructing the Colossians to SHARE his letter with the Laodicean church...

The Gospel is not just how we "start" our Christian lives. We often think that the Gospel is the DIVING BOARD off of which we jump into the pool of Christianity, but the truth is: the Gospel is the POOL! "Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth the...

I love the application we receive from Paul's words in 4:8, "I have sent him (Tychicus) to you for this very purpose...that he may encourage your hearts." We see however the application only as we assess the book as a whole. We need to look back to 2:2, "I want you to...

"Give my greetings...to Nympha and the church in her house." 4:15 I'm thankful to the Lord for this brief, yet complete reference to a godly woman in ministry. A woman whom Paul greatly values. A woman with whom he is friends. A woman who is a faithful minister,...

"Trials and pain expose where your hope really lies." --J.D. Greear Dr. Greear said that in a sermon regarding suffering, but it took my mind to Colossians 1:5, "...because of the hope laid up for you in heaven." I believe the Lord asked me tonight, "In what does your...

I LOVE the Word of God...I cannot get enough of it...It is life to me... "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." 3:16 This...

"Sanctification is preaching the Gospel to the unreached places of your heart." J.D. Greear Growing in Christ is simply growing deeper in the Gospel. Colossians 2:6 says, "Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him..." I had always read this...

I cannot know for certain, but I think God is very improbable. And I live my life on the assumption that He is not there.  --Richard Dawkins, "The God Delusion" We see that even Richard Dawkins, arguably one of the most famous atheists in our world today, is living by...

Paul is very clear in the beginning verses of the second chapter about our need for the body of Christ: For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you [all]...that [your] hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of...

Look at that blue sky!! I was running my dogs today and this is the deep blue sky that I could see beyond the brilliant autumn colors of the changing leaves. I couldn't help but take a picture, and it doesn't even express its full glory! I had a worship service right...

In my reciting today, I was struck immediately at how personal God is. Colossians 1:2 says, "to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ AT COLOSSAE." God through the Apostle Paul is writing specifically to the Colossians. What He says in this letter is different...

"What comes to your mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you." A.W. Tozer Tozer is one of my favorite theologians and his statement above has been one of the most revolutionary principles of my Christian life. I won't spend time expounding...

We are half-way through! I pray that God has blessed you over the past few weeks through His Word! I know His Word never returns void...praise His holy name. And say to Archippus, "See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord." 4:17 This is one...

Remember my chains... 4:18b Paul wrote those words close to 2000 years ago. He was obviously referring to his imprisonment in a Roman jail, but we know that God's Word is alive and active, and transcends time and culture. God is able to speak into our very situation...

In his book, The Necessity of Prayer, E.M. Bounds wrote, "Faith-filled prayer is to be a definite, specific, asking for and expecting the things for which we ask." I read that last night and spent time dwelling on it. However, when I was reciting Colossians today, the...