Monday Genesis 1:18-26; Psalm 8:3-9 In transitioning from a taxing 2020 into 2021, this week’s devo explores the theme “Created in God’s Image.” Hopefully, you are encouraged to know that God created us to be in loving relationship with Him; in His perfection, however, God possessed no unmet needs that we satisfy. Humankind’s creation—the pinnacle...
Monday Colossians 4:7-18 When we come to the end of Colossians and these verses, many are inclined to skip over them as not being relevant today. In this time of global pandemic, chaos, tensions and increased anxieties, Paul’s words to the Colossians refocus our thoughts again to Christ’s supremacy and our valued place in the...
Monday Colossians 4:2-6; Mark 12:28-31; Micah 6:6-8 This week’s featured Colossians passage reminds us to live with intention, embracing a lifestyle of missional living. Per the Westminster Shorter Catechism, life’s purpose is “to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.” “How?” the skeptic challenges. You respond, “Know God and make Him known.” “What?” they object....
Monday Colossians 3:18 – 4:1 In Colossians 3:18 – 4:1, Paul shifts his focus from how believers should live with one another in Christ’s church to how believers should treat one another within their own households. The idea that households should live according to certain rules was not unique to Paul. In fact, “household rules”...
Monday Chi Alpha San Diego Brandon & Kendra Kerston “For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyards and gather their crops, but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD.” (Leviticus 25:3-4a) During this time of unrest and...
Monday Colossians 3:12 The Lordship of Christ – Evident in Our Attitudes Colossians 3 finds Paul moving past his concerns about some false teaching in the church to an assumption that he is addressing those who have “been raised with Christ” (v. 1) and are therefore in the happy position of knowing that their lives...
Monday Colossians 3:1-2; John 11:17-18; Genesis 45:4-8 Perhaps you’ve heard the criticism, “That person is so heavenly-minded that that they’re no earthly good!” Colossians 3:2 seems aligned: “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” Jesus, however, asked the Father to keep His disciples safe and faithful, but...
Monday Colossians 2:16-23 Truth in Traction It may be a simplistic way to view the letter of Paul to the church of Colossae as a hinge between truth and traction. First, Paul gives his readers a boatload of truth (Colossians 1-2:15) followed by the application (traction) of those truths to daily living (Colossians 3-4). In...
Monday Colossians 2:6-15; John 15:4-6; Acts 16:29-33 Ever heard the taunt, “Christianity is a crutch”? Karl Marx amplified such cynicism, declaring, “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” “(Ancient Christian theologian) Augustine … compared the church to a hospital, because it is full of wounded and ill people in the process of being healed.” (Zacharius...
