Devotionals about Discipleship

Read: Colossians 3:18-24 You are serving the Lord Christ. (v. 24) Yesterday we noted Paul’s claim that Christian living involves everything. Next Paul said that this most certainly includes what

Read: Colossians 3:12-17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (v. 17)

Read: Colossians 3:15-16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. (v. 16) The Gospel of John tells us that Jesus was originally “the Word” who had been with

Read: Colossians 3:15-16 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. (v. 15) The Hebrew word shalom often gets translated as “peace.” But if we think of this

Read: Colossians 3:12-14 Put on then . . . compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. (v. 12) We have all seen enough paintings of Jesus as to think we

Read: Colossians 3:12-14 And above all these put on love. (v. 14) Colossians 3:12-16 is the very heart of this letter. That’s why we will be spending four days unpacking

Read: Colossians 3:9-11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. (v. 11) Have you ever wondered

Read: Colossians 3:5-8 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you. (v. 5) Paul issued a lot of commands. Today’s key verse is an example. This is an order.

Read: Colossians 3:1-4; Acts 1:9-11 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. (v. 2) Karl Marx derided religion as “the opiate of