This week, Scott and Josh challenge us to pray that Christ would be preeminent in our congregation. They also discuss the purpose of community groups. The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify, and apply the Sunday morning sermon at Grace Community Church. From time...
In the beloved Son of God we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. Now we hear who this Son is. This passage shows us how Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is preeminent over creation and the church. May the vision of Christ put...
A regular theme in the New Testament is gratitude for God’s grace to us in Christ. Paul expresses this gratitude in his prayer in Colossians. This passage gives us a deep and wide understanding of the grace of God that will expand our prayers and...
This week will be our third consideration of Paul’s opening prayer in Colossians 1:3-14. One thing I have noticed is how he begins and ends his prayer with thanksgiving to God. If we follow Paul’s pattern, our prayers and our lives will be changed. In the prayer,...
The prayers of the Bible are always relevant and we should always be praying them. In this one, we see that the knowledge of God’s will is for the purpose of living for God’s pleasure. Pleasing God is bearing fruit in good works, enduring by...
All who set themselves to obey the command of Christ to persist in prayer experience times when they simply don’t know what to ask. Not knowing how to pray can happen when the situation is complex, when we are overwhelmed with emotion, or when we’ve prayed...
Paul gives thanks for the evidence of the gospel’s grace and power among these believers. Faith in Christ and love for each other, rooted in the hope laid up in heaven, are the new and increasing qualities of these Christians and their congregation. This is...
The language used in reference to the gospel makes it clear that it is alive with power. That makes us want to pay attention and give ourselves to its influence in our lives. In the introduction of Colossians, Paul gives thanks for these Christians’ faith and...
Scott and Josh discuss their hopes for our time in Colossians, and the importance of life together as a congregation. The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify, and apply the Sunday morning sermon at Grace Community Church. From time to time we will address...
Modern greetings have become casual to the point of carrying little meaning and adding almost no value to our conversations and correspondence. But when Paul opened his letter to the Colossians, he made bold claims about Christ that called his readers to believe. Today, we...
