Colossians

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Colossians 4

Colossians 4

Colossians 4 – “Devote yourselves in prayer, being watchful and thankful.” “Epaphras… he is always wrestling in prayer for you…” Prayer is an essential aspect of our spiritual life….

Colossians 3

Colossians 3

Colossians 3 – We are walking miracles. God has taken the dead and raised them to life. Through Jesus Christ, the grave clothes that wrapped us so tightly are…

Colossians 2

Colossians 2

Colossians 2 – Paul is struggling. His struggle not personal but for the people of Colossae as well as those in Laodicea. His concern goes far deeper than just…

Colossians 1

Colossians 1

Colossians 1 – There is reason to believe Paul never visited the church in Colossi. It was a church more than likely founded by his friend Epaphras and other…

Ephesians 2

Ephesians 2

Ephesians 2 – Identity. The dictionary defines identity as the sameness of essential or generic character in different instances; a distinguishing character or personality…

Exodus 31

Exodus 31

Exodus 31 – Hebrew tradition Rabbinical literature states he was only 13 years old when he completed his task.  But it would be by this age he…

Job 41

Job 41

Job 41 – Job 40 spoke of a Behemoth. A large unusual animal that does not exist today. The discussion on this animal is wide ranging as to what…

Romans 10

Romans 10

Romans 10 – “I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek…

Genesis 38

Genesis 38

Genesis 38 – The story of Judah and Tamar peel back the cultural life in ancient times. By no means is it a good story on the moral front…

Genesis 6

Genesis 6

Genesis 6 – Let’s stop and consider, Noah had no idea of what God was about to do. He was simply given instructions, mind you – crazy…

Hebrews 11

Hebrews 11

Hebrews 11 – “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”– Hebrews 11:1 “By faith…

1 Corinthians 7

1 Corinthians 7

1 Corinthians 7 – Paul writes about sex and marriage and purity is tied in here as well. This passage may seem a bit odd at first…

Psalm 130

Psalm 130

Psalm 130 – There are many things that cause us to despair. From sorrow to confusion to pain we can all get to a place where nothing seemingly is…

Psalms 30

Psalm 30

Psalm 30 – What would it look like for us to live a life of praise?  From the moment we wake even before crawling out of bed to the…

Psalms 24

Psalm 24

Psalm 24 – It speaks toward the greatness of God.  Everything in creation is His.  No man can stand before the eternal Creator on his own.  Psalm 24 is…

Psalms 16

Psalm 16

Psalm 16 – Right under the title of Psalm 16 it states “A miktam of David.” There are many thoughts as to what this means as commentators and theologians…

Mark 13

Mark 13

Mark 13 – After the exile, the temple was rebuilt by Ezra and Zerubbabel.  King Herod would expand it around 19 BC.  It had been the center of Jewish…

Deuteronomy 5

Deuteronomy 5

Deuteronomy 5 – Moses spent quite a bit of time reviewing Israel’s history for them.  Now he reminded them of the Laws God had established for them in order…

Acts 27

Acts 27

Acts 27 – A Nor’easter is a storm mixed with the collision of several weaker storms.  As a parent storm, the polar jet stream mixes with the…

Leviticus 22

Leviticus 22

Leviticus 22 – “Because the Old Covenant was a covenant of shadows and types, pointing to the glory of the New Covenant (Colossians 2:16-17; Hebrews 8:4-5; Hebrews 10:1), the…