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 Linton's ministry during a time of controversy in the 1920s

Paul knows that the mystery of God will captivate the Colossians and preserve them from the restless pursuit of empty and deceitful philosophies

Paul was appointed by God to reveal the mystery of Christ through the preaching of the Gospel, so that through his preaching, the mystery of Christ would be revealed to the nations and the riches of the glory of Christ would be spread among the nations.

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.

One could say that prayer is man exercising his legal authority on Earth to invoke Heaven's influence on the planet.