Colossians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and Timothy our brother

(what am I by the will of God? thank God for Tim O., my brother in Christ)

A Focus on God and His Instructions

• Ephesians 6 gives us of some important instructions; obey your parents, honor you father and mother that it may go well with you and you may enjoy a long life; it also states not to exasperate your children but to train and instruct them in the Lord

• Regardless of how…the important thing is that Christ is preached (Philippians 1)

• Philippians 2 asks the question; are you looking out for your own interests or Christ’s?

• Heaven is God’s throne and Earth is God’s footstool (Isaiah 66)

• Philippians 4:6 instructs us to pray about everything…

How Are You? Are You Living In Christ?

Thoughts from my quiet times this past week:

• Galatians 5 reminds us to use of freedom to demonstrate our love for one another

• Get wisdom, discipline and understanding (Proverbs 23:23)

• In Isaiah 38 King Hezekiah become deathly ill and pleaded with God for his life; God, in His mercy, replied that He would 1) give him 15 more years of life and 2) deliver the city from the king of Assyria

• Galatians 6 states that we are to carry each other’s burdens (more than a backpack), carry our own load (your backpack) and don’t become weary in doing good

• Isaiah 39 tells us that Hezekiah’s storehouse had silver, gold and oil in it. What does my/your storehouse have in it?

• Ephesians 1 declares our riches in Christ

• Ephesians 2 says we are dead unless we are alive in Christ; we are created to do good works…

• Ephesians 4 instructs us to put off ourselves and to put on Christ; to put off lies and to put on truth