“Paul went on in Colossians 1 with praying this “in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way.” He follows that with a four-point list of pleasing the Lord in every way.”
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Same Mind, Same Purpose
1 Corinthians 1: 10-19 A couple was celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary. A friend remarked to the husband, “It’s amazing how well you and your wife get along. Don’t you ever have disagreements?” The honored husband replied, “Oh, sure, quite often.” “And yet,” friend said, “you must get over them quickly.” “Ah, that’s the secret,”…
I Want to Please the Lord
Colossians 1: 9-14 Paul wrote and we heard it this morning, “We have not stopped praying for you. . . ” A mother was teaching her three-year-old daughter the Lord’s Prayer. For several evenings at bed time she repeated it after her mother. One night she said she was ready to try it on her…
Jesus Promised
John 14: 25-29 In the first chapter of the book of Acts of the Apostles, Luke wrote, “After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God” (Acts 1: 3). We’re in similar days in our times of worship…
Manifestations of God in You
1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 I don’t want you to be uninformed. There are gifts of the Holy Spirit given to believers, “there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.” Each Sunday morning as they began their Sunday school class, the fifth graders would line up…
But Its Not What Will Be
“It is what it is. . . .” I’ve discovered over the last few weeks I say this a lot now days when discussing or sharing my own experiences and how they might relate to my giftings or destiny. As if to say, these experiences and thoughts stand alone. They are what they are. It…
Psalm 102 in The Message 