Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person. (Colossians 4:6) How salty is your speech? How do we season our conversations with the salt of God’s grace? If you research salt, you’ll find it has innumerable qualities and can …
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What Do We Do About The Signs Of The Times?
I read and think and research a lot about prophecy that is yet to be fulfilled (i.e. the return of our Savior and the final judgment of this world). I love to imagine what heaven will be like, and before that, what it will be like to have a glorified body like Jesus and serve …
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Have You Been Duped?
Have you ever been duped? Deceived? Lied to? Taken advantage of? Tricked? How did it make you feel? Have you ever been convinced of something that sounded so true you would have sworn on your own life to defend it, and then found out later you were completely wrong? In today’s culture of fake news, …
Are You On Assignment Or Just Going To Work?
Do you ever feel that your work is not of much “kingdom” use? That people who are in full-time ministry or humanitarian careers are more important and more valuable? There are some verses in Colossians that dispel that notion and show us how God sees all work as important and able to impact the kingdom. …
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Do You Need A Spiritual Calibration?
Colossians 3:2 tells us “set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.” The phrase “set your mind” is translated “set your affection” in the King James Version. The word is phroneō, a verb; according to Vines Dictionary it “implies moral interest or reflection, not mere unreasoning opinion.” Strong’s …
The Way Of The Word 