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#26 - The Prison Letters: Colossians
Colossians 1:1-8 (NIV)
Read by: David Luginbuhl
My wife and I have what some people might call a garden here at our home in Alabama. We grow herbs and some struggling strawberries, tomatoes, and a few other things. Folks who don’t garden might be impressed, folks who do garden might scratch their heads and think that we might not know what we’re doing. They’d be mostly right. But then my wife did something.
She came home one day with a bag of Gladiola bulbs from Aldi of all places. She stuck them in the ground and to our delight we watched this towering flower grow and blossom over the course of the summer. But we were even more amazed at what happened next, we began to pull out the bulbs to store them for next year, and they had begun to multiply 10 fold!
Like these gladiolas, the church at Colossae had been planted and was growing. But when Epaphras came to Paul to tell him how the church was doing, it was like he pulled this plant up by its roots and saw all the wonderful fruit that was multiplying.
----------REFLECT----------
1. As you heard Paul's words, was there a body of people or a person that came to mind? Take a moment to thank God for them.
2. Have you ever had the experience of helping someone grow in their faith? Who is the person who helped you grow in your faith? Take a moment and reflect on the good fruit that has come from that.
3. The Colossians grew to understand God’s grace from Epaphras. Perhaps the LORD would bring someone to mind who might grow to understand God’s grace because of you. If someone comes to mind, pray for them and consider a next step.
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Colossians 1:1-8 (NIV)
Read by: David Luginbuhl
My wife and I have what some people might call a garden here at our home in Alabama. We grow herbs and some struggling strawberries, tomatoes, and a few other things. Folks who don’t garden might be impressed, folks who do garden might scratch their heads and think that we might not know what we’re doing. They’d be mostly right. But then my wife did something.
She came home one day with a bag of Gladiola bulbs from Aldi of all places. She stuck them in the ground and to our delight we watched this towering flower grow and blossom over the course of the summer. But we were even more amazed at what happened next, we began to pull out the bulbs to store them for next year, and they had begun to multiply 10 fold!
Like these gladiolas, the church at Colossae had been planted and was growing. But when Epaphras came to Paul to tell him how the church was doing, it was like he pulled this plant up by its roots and saw all the wonderful fruit that was multiplying.
----------REFLECT----------
1. As you heard Paul's words, was there a body of people or a person that came to mind? Take a moment to thank God for them.
2. Have you ever had the experience of helping someone grow in their faith? Who is the person who helped you grow in your faith? Take a moment and reflect on the good fruit that has come from that.
3. The Colossians grew to understand God’s grace from Epaphras. Perhaps the LORD would bring someone to mind who might grow to understand God’s grace because of you. If someone comes to mind, pray for them and consider a next step.
Check out Ambition >>
----------GO DEEPER----------
Bible Project Podcast: New Testament Letters >>
Bible Project Video: New Testament Letters: Historical Context >>
Bible Project Video: New Testament Letters: Literary Context >>
Bible Project Video: Colossians >>
----------CONNECT----------
Find an InterVarsity Chapter >>
Start an InterVarsity Chapter >>
Learn More >>