His Word is a Lamp: Colossians

Kyle, a minister of Jesus Christ by the will of God. To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who are at NewLife. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.

I write these words not from a prison as Paul did, but out of my office under the stairs. Thinking about how thankful I am for you all and the work being done for God's kingdom.

Paul reminds us in his letter to the Colossians there are three things to do:

Put to death — all sinful strongholds — sexual immorality, passion, evil deeds, idolatry
Put away — anger, malice, slander, lying, filthy language, blasphemy
Put on — tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, bearing with one another, forgiving one another, and ABOVE ALL PUT ON LOVE

God isn't done with you. Our salvation is an amazing gift — but that is just the beginning. As long as we have breath in our lungs, we are called to live a life worthy of God. The only way to do that is to daily give our lives over to God — to put to death all sinful strongholds and to put away those attitudes and actions that hinder our relationships with other believers.

Chapter 3:17 states "And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of our Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."

Everything we do should be done in the name of Jesus. Our journey with God necessitates intentionality, trust, and faith. It isn't about how we earn our way — it is about Trusting God and following Him — step by step.

This is my prayer for you — Colossians 1:9-14

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of His holy people in the kingdom of light. For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Amen 

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