Category: September

Day 21 Why We Should Set Our Minds on Christ

Why We Should Set Our Minds on Christ Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory   Colossians 3:2-4 This part of Paul’s

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Day 22 What We Need to Put to Death and Why

What We Need to Put to Death and Why Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry   Colossians 3:5 This first section of Paul’s practical living directives is from the negative side: ‘put to death’ (3:5) and ‘rid yourselves’ (3:8). These verbs

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Day 23 Refusing to Live the Old Life

Refusing to Live the Old Life Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived    Colossians 3:6,7 ‘Because of these, the wrath of God is coming’ (3:6). Paul is thinking more widely than just sexual sin. God’s anger is His necessary

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Day 24 Telling Anger and Co to Leave the House

Telling Anger and Co to Leave the House But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices   Colossians 3:8,9 ‘But now (because of your

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Day 25 Why You Should Put Off the Old Life

Why You Should Put Off the Old Life You … have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Colossians 3:5-11 ‘You

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Day 26 What Clothing Ourselves With Christ Looks Like

What Clothing Ourselves With Christ Looks Like And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross   Colossians 1:20 If ‘all things’ in heaven and on earth were created through Him (1:16) and yet ‘all things, whether things

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Day 27 Living Out What Christ Has Put in Us

Living Out What Christ Has Put in Us Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing

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Day 28 Living the Life of the Age to Come in the Home

Living the Life of the Age to Come in the Home Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not embitter your children, or

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Day 30 Pray for the Door to be Opened

Pray for the Door to be Opened Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I

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