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choose the truth

 


Just a little time today to soak up what God says in the Bible.  I am not trying to make your faith simple, to accuse anyone of making it complicated or even to take attention off of someone or something to get it somewhere else.


What I am doing is just asking you to spend time hearing God and letting you heart hold on to what He says.  God has a plan for you and for me.  Check out this passage…


Colossians 1:3-8  NLT  

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; 5 because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel 6 which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth; 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8 and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.


In light of what God has called our church to do and just completing the back2school outreach, here are some things that stand out about us, or things we should be about…


First, be thankful.  Don’t miss what this does to our days and our hearts.


Second, make it all about the Gospel.  It is the story of Jesus and changing lives.


Third, watch the fruit that is growing.  Our lives will bear fruit.  Is ours good or bad?


Fourth, think about the truth.  Think about it a lot.  By God’s grace we know and hold truth.


Fifth and final in these verses, don’t forget to serve.  It is all out of love, led by the spirit and serving others.


Does that, all 5 of those things characterize our lives?  If not we have a problem.  If yes, then we are in the middle of the place God has called us.  Go back over the list, and ask God to speak to you even more.


Be thankful.  Share the Gospel.  Grow in Christ.  Think about His truth.  Choose to serve!


Colossians 1:28  NASB  

We proclaim Him, admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ.


Pray for students and families that were part of back2school.  Choose to be thankful and spend time think about the things that are important in your life.

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