Category Archives: Colossians

God gives endurance and encouragement

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Dr. Walt

You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry … Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.

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For freedom Christ has set us free

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Dr. Walt

Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

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You covet but you cannot get

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Dr. Walt

You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. … All of us also lived among them at … Continue reading →

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Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Dr. Walt

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance … a remnant chosen by grace … I have chosen you out of the world … so that you might go and bear fruit — … Continue reading →

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The Type of Talk God Loves

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Dr. Walt

Do not go about spreading slander among your people.

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Gifts of God – 5

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Dr. Walt

Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.

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Joy in the Lord

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Dr. Walt

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul rejoices in my God.

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The Way is Trying – 1

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Dr. Walt

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

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Anger

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Dr. Walt

Refrain from anger. … Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming. … Stirring up anger produces strife.

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Thanksgiving – 7

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Dr. Walt

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.

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