Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord. This is the opportunity of a lifetime. If you raise children, raise them for the Lord. If you build houses, build them for the Lord. If you fix teeth, fix them for...
Colossians 3:13 Forgive as the Lord forgave you. This is one of the highest and most difficult of all moral lessons. Everyone believes in forgiveness until they have been deeply hurt; then they want justice. An elderly woman was delightful in her...
Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Paul’s feet were always on the ground, but his heart was in heaven. This allowed him to live above his circumstances, and to do a great work for Christ. This is what he wanted for the...
Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Christ’s death and resurrection had a three-fold effect on Satan and his demons. First, they were disarmed. Satan...
Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy. Philosophy and Christianity are both concerned with truth, so they often overlap. But for many philosophical arguments, there is an equal and opposite...
Colossians 1:23 . . . if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. The promise of final salvation is only given to those remaining in the faith. [T]he one who stands firm to the end...
