The cross has the final say
The significance of the cross can never be under-estimated. Colossians 2:14 ‘….He has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.’ Our sin was nailed to the cross with Christ. Colossians 2:15 ‘And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.’ The cross is…
You are forgiven
Colossians 2:13 ‘….for HE forgave all our sins. He cancelled the record of the charges against us and took it away….’ It is Jesus Christ who has the power to forgive our sins. His blood was shed for the remission of sins. His death brought with it the forgiveness of sin. Not in a progressive way but in…
It's all about Jesus
Colossians 2:9-10 ‘For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you are also complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.’ (New Living Translation) The apostle unmistakably affirms that the Divine nature, in its entirety, belongs to Christ. Jesus Christ is God. Don’t doubt…
Strength, thankfulness and vigilance
BE STRENGTHENED IN THE FAITH Don’t give doubt a space in your life. Doubt your doubts and believe your faith. Believe with an even greater conviction. Be more persuaded than ever before. Romans 4:20 ‘Yet he (Abraham) did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God.’…
Jesus – our everything
LIVE YOUR LIFE IN HIM Colossians 2:6-7 ‘So then, just as you received Jesus Christ as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.’ As a child of God, Jesus should be all the world to us. Is…
God’s strength in our daily lives
We all need God’s strength in our daily lives. Our own strength can only take us so far. We need a divine flow of strength flowing from God to us. We need God’s strength in our daily lives. We were not designed to run on our own strength. It is like a car, we can…
Enter a life of rest in the Lord
Hebrews 4:11 Let us do our best to go into that place of rest, too, being careful not to disobey God as the children of Israel did, thus failing to get in. Do our best to enter this rest. Another version says: ‘Make every effort to enter this rest’. It is up to us to make a…
Resting as we trust God
GOD HAS REST IN STORE FOR US As we begin to trust God we can experience His rest. God has a faith-rest life for each of us. Hebrews 4:1 The promise of entering his rest still stands…. We can struggle in our own strength or we can lean on Him Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me,…
God's promise to us
God has a plan for each one of us. His plan is that we should each trust Him. That our trust in Him should be a complete trust. Total dependence. Ready to obey. We can either struggle in our own strength. Or we can learn to trust the Lord with all our hearts. Proverbs 3: 5-6 Trust in the…
We have been given a message to share
Perhaps God gave you a word for someone else. Have you ever had the courage to give them that word? Or did that word just die within you. Perhaps you sat next to someone in church and felt you had a word for them, but you just could not bring yourself to turn to them and to tell…