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Colossians 1:9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease
to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Colossians 1:10 That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being
fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power,
for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and
conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of sins.
Romans 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
Colossians 1:9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease
to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit
of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they
are spiritually discerned.
Romans 12:2 (NLT) “… Let God transform you into a new person by changing
the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you,
Colossians 1:10 “That you may walk worthy of the Lord, …”
Colossians 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk
in Him,
Colossians 3:7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path.
1 Thessalonians 2:12 That you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His
own kingdom and glory.
Ephesians 4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy
of the calling with which you were called,
I. A LIFE WORTH LIVING TRIES TO BE FULLY PLEASING TO HIM.
Colossians 1:10 “That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, …”
John 8:29 “… for I do always those things that please him.
II. A LIFE WORTH LIVING IS A LIFE THAT BEARS FRUIT.
Colossians 1:10 ‘…being fruitful in every good work …”
The fruit is merely an outward expression of the inner nature of that tree.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
Galatians 5:23 gentleness, self-control.
Psalm 1:3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth
its fruit in its season,…
III. A LIFE WORTH LIVING INCREASES IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
Colossians 1:10 ‘…being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge
of God;
Prayer request from Natalie Arn former missionary:
“Please pray for my upcoming doctor appointment and for wisdom in testing.
We need to find the source of the ongoing pain and problems, and if possible,
to correct it. We need wisdom, though, to know what testing is truly necessary.
My oncologist told me that the more we look, the more we’ll find (meaning tumors
and growths). Scans often bring health risks of their own, not to mention their
expense and time. I don’t want to be distracted from my family by constant
doctor appointments and tests. I also don’t want to be tied down to the
medical system for the rest of my life. On the other hand, I want to lean
into all the Lord is doing through my physical issues. He sees the big picture.
I want to be a light in this dark world and share Christ wherever He sends me,
even if that means that doctors’ clinics and cancer hospitals are my mission
field now. Plus, any investigation the doctors do with me helps to gain knowledge
and information for our kids to help them potentially avoid cancer. We need
wisdom in all these things.” .
IV. A LIFE WORTH LIVING ENDURES WITH POWER WHEN TROUBLE COMES.
Colossians 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power,
for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
V. A LIFE WORTH LIVING GIVES THANKS CONTINUALLY.
Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
1. JESUS RESCUED US FROM DARKNESS.
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed
us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
2 Corinthians 4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe,
Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
Jude 1:13 “… for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.”
2. JESUS TRANSFERRED US TO THE KINGDOM OF HIS LOVE.
Colossians 1:13 “… and conveyted us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
3. JESUS REMOVED THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS.
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of sins.
John 15:13 “Greater love has no man than this that a man lay down his life for his
friends.”
2 Corinthians 5:15 And He died for all, that those who live should live no longer
for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
