Dennis R. Wiles

November 10, 2019

Hope for Our World

Missions 2019

November 3 – November 30, 2019

A Gospel of Hope

Colossians 1:1-8

Hope for Our World

A Gospel of Hope

Colossians 1:1-8

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ:

Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

EXPANSION --- Jesus commissioned the Church to engage in Gospel expansion.

EXPRESSION --- Faith, Love, and HOPE!

EFFECTIVE --- The Gospel is good enough! It will bear fruit when it is sown faithfully.