This week Dave walked us through Colossians 3:1-11. He explained to us what Paul meant when he told Believers in Colossae to "seek the things above" and encouraged us to live our lives for that which is eternal instead of the many things of the world that can steal our attention and our affections away from Christ.

This week Britton walked us through Colossians 2:16-23. He reminded us that following Jesus is not just about fixing our behaviors but building a relationship as Paul describes in this passage. Britton encouraged us to lay down our striving and our efforts at the foot of the Cross and respond instead with faithful obedience that comes out of the overflow of our relationship with Jesus.

This week Britton walked us through Colossians 2:6-15. He explained the pathway of discipleship that Paul lays out in this passage and encouraged us to pursue the fullness of a relationship with Christ in our own lives so that we might not fall prey to the empty and deceptive philosophies of the world.

This week one of our Ministry Residents, Brady Read, led us through the next passage in our series on Colossians. He broke down Paul's words of encouragement to the Church of Colossae regarding the plausible arguments of the world and explained how we can follow the same steps to avoid being led astray as we go and make disciples.

This week Britton walked us through the next passage in our series on the book of Colossians. We looked at Paul's passionate description of his own ministry and saw the ways that we can model our lives after his as missional disciples that seek to glorify God by living on mission to make disciples of all nations.

This week Britton walked through Colossians 1:15-23 and shows us how Jesus is Lord over Creation, the Church, and You. We are challenged to truly place Jesus first in our lives because of his preeminence. At Oaks Jesus is first while we make disciplemakers of Jesus by being disciplemakers of Jesus.

This week Britton walks us through Colossians 1: 9-14. In this passage we are reminded that God's will is not a secret that we have to search for. Because God's will is not a secret we are challenged to be reminded of the Gospel and bear good fruit because of it. At Oaks we bear good fruit by sending disciplemakers of Jesus by being disciplemakers of Jesus.

Ben, our ministry resident, starts our series in Colossians with Chapter 1:1-8. Through these verses we learned that as a church community we walk in the same direction, we are confident in the SAME gospel and as we do these things we expect God to move in great ways. Being confident in the same gospel requires us to be all in on the real gospel. Oaks is all in on the real Gospel of Jesus by making disciplemakers of Jesus by being disciplemakers of Jesus.

This week, Britton walks us through the sending of the 12 and 72 in Luke 9:1-9 and Luke 10:1-11. The passage reveals that once we are saved we are sent. To be sent means to be willing to leave all comfort and security behind to pursue people for the Great Commission. At Oaks, we send disciplemakers of Jesus by being disciplemakers of Jesus.

This week, Britton led us through Psalm 127. This psalm reminds us that our own efforts are nothing without God's active provision and encourages us to rely on Him in all ways!