When we are raised with Christ our clothes change and the old way of thinking and living no longer fits with our new moral attire

Paul uses the analogy of dressing to tell us to take off sinful passions and practices and to no longer wear them

Paul tells the Colossians that they don't need to look for anything other than Christ who for them is a stream of living water

Michael Haykin provides the history of how the 1908 Hewitt Avenue Mission became Westminster Chapel at High Park, and the lessons we can learn from Rev. John Lintons ministry during a time of controversy in the 1920s

Central to this passage is the mystery of Christ and the glory of Christ that is to be revealed.

We increase in the knowledge of God as we grasp more and more deeply the identity and preeminence of Christ and who we are in him.

Paul's prayer here is modeling for us how we ought to pray for one another

As we consider this text the question we need to ask is: Are we increasing in our faith in Christ and in our love for all the saints?

There is great power in the working of prayer; this is what is seen by John in this passage in Revelation.

In scripture there is a pattern for how the people of God prayed with respect to timing and physical posture.