SERMON NOTES – Sunday, February 4,
2024 NEW YEAR’S REVELATION:
“You In Christ / Christ In You”
Colossians 3:1-11 NIV
2024 NEW YEAR’S REVELATION:
“You In Christ / Christ In You”
Colossians 3:1-11 NIV
“1Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.”
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“You – In – Christ / Christ – In – You”
DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS
Week of February 5-10
Week of February 5-10
MONDAY Colossians 3:1-4
TUESDAY Colossians 3:5-11
WEDNESDAY Colossians 3:12-14
THURSDAY Colossians 3:15-17
FRIDAY Colossians 3:18-22
SATURDAY Colossians 3:23-24
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK:
May the Christ who walks on wounded feet walk with you on the road. May the Christ who serves with wounded hands stretch out your hands to serve. May the Christ who loves with a wounded heart open your hearts to love. May you see the face of Christ in everyone you meet, and may everyone you meet see the face of Christ in you. Amen. (From Celtic Prayer)
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER:
Do you renounce the spiritual forces of wickedness, reject the evil powers of this world, and repent of our sin? Do you accept the freedom and power God gives us to resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves? Do you confess Jesus Christ as your Savior, put our whole trust in his grace, and promise to serve him as your Lord, in union with the Church, the body of Christ?