July 9 Colossians 4:10-18 (ESV) 10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him), 11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been [...]
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July 9 Colossians 4:10-18
Posted: July 9, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Colossians, July Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, Colossians, daily Bible, July 9 Colossians 4:10-18, July Bible Readings, Scripture
Piper: God Loves to Be Asked For Things
Posted: July 8, 2011 by Pam Larson in Colossians, Devotionals/Commentaries, JulyTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Colossians, D.L. Moody, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, God Loves to Be Asked, prayer, Scripture
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2 John Piper relates this story in a sermon, “Devote Yourselves to Prayer” There is a story about D. L. Moody making a visit to Scotland in the 1800′s and opening one of his talks at a local grade school with the rhetorical question, [...]
July 8 Colossians 4:1-9
Posted: July 8, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Colossians, July Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, Colossians, daily Bible, July 8 Colossians 4:1-9, July Bible Readings, Scripture
July 8 Colossians 4:1-9 (ESV) 4:1 Masters, treat your slaves [1] justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Further Instructions 2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of [...]
Piper: De-ritualization of worship
Posted: July 7, 2011 by Pam Larson in Colossians, Devotionals/Commentaries, JulyTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Colossians, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, glory of God, Piper: De-ritualization of worship, Scripture, worship
John Piper on worship: So you can see what is happening in the New Testament. Worship is being significantly de-institutionalized, de-localized, de-ritualized. The whole thrust is being taken off of ceremony and seasons and places and forms; and is being shifted to what is happening in the heart – not just on Sunday, but every [...]
July 7 Colossians 3:15-25
Posted: July 7, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Colossians, July Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, Colossians, daily Bible, July 7 Colossians 3:15-25, July Bible Readings, Scripture
July 7 Colossians 3:15-25 (ESV) 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts [...]
Piper: Fixed in newness and fighting to become new
Posted: July 6, 2011 by Pam Larson in Colossians, Devotionals/Commentaries, JulyTags: Already but Not Yet, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Colossians, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, newness, Piper: Fixed in newness and fighting to become new, Scripture
John Piper, August 28, 2001, Taste and See article Colossians, where we are in our reading this week, highlights a tension we see repeatedly in the Bible….a statement of our newness, and yet a command to become new. Which is it? What we have learned from Romans 6 and 7 is that when we trusted in Christ [...]
July 6 Colossians 3:1-14
Posted: July 6, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Colossians, July Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, July 6 Colossians 3:1-14, July Bible Readings, Scripture
July 6 Colossians 3:1-14 (ESV) Put On the New Self 3:1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is [...]
July 5 Colossians 2:16-23
Posted: July 5, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Colossians, July Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, Colossians, daily Bible, July 5 Colossians 2:16-23, July Bible Readings, Scripture
July 5 Colossians 2:16-23 (ESV) Let No One Disqualify You 16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one disqualify you, [...]
Faith unites to Christ; baptism symbolizes the union.
Posted: July 4, 2011 by Pam Larson in Colossians, Devotionals/Commentaries, JulyTags: baptism, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Colossians, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, faith, Faith unites to Christ baptism symbolizes the union., Scripture
Colossians 2:12 “having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. “ John Piper, in a sermon, “What is Baptism, and How Important is It?” Second, baptism “expresses union with Christ in His death and [...]
Grace be “with” you
Posted: July 9, 2011 by Pam Larson in Colossians, Devotionals/Commentaries, JulyTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, God's sovereignty, grace, Grace be “with” you, Paul, Remember my chains, Scripture
Paul’s closing line in Colossians is “I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.” Sam Storms on Colossians 4:18 ….But why call on them to “remember” his “chains”? Certainly he’s not asking for pity. The last thing he wanted was for them to shift their focus from [...]