Passage: John 1:6-9

Big Idea: Because the light has come and is coming, we’ve been restored to our purpose to work, welcome, and worship as witnesses.

1) The Wrong Story

2) The Right Story

3) Our Restored Purpose

Passage: John 1:1-5

Big Idea: We suffer in silent spiritual darkness because of sin, but life-giving light has come through Jesus, the Word who is God.

1) The Soreness of God's Silence

2) The Person of God's Speech

3) The Life from God's 

Passage: Psalm 130

Big Idea: Though we flounder in this fallen world, hope in the fullness of future redemption because of the forgiveness we’ve already received.

1) Cry out in chaos

2) Remember Christ's forgiveness

3) Hope in God's promises

Passage: Colossians 4:7-18

1) Prioritize God's Purpose

2) Prioritize God's People

3) Prioritize Faithfulness

Passage: Colossians 4:2-6

Big Idea: Play your role in Christ's kingdom mission by prioritizing prayer and gospel proclamation.

1) Persist in Prayer

2) Prepare to Proclaim

Passage: Colossians 3:18-4:1

Big Idea: Approach your relationships at work and at home according to your kingdom citizenship in Christ 

1) Render your rank at home

2) Render your rank at work

3) Remember where the story is headed

Passage: Colossians 3:5-17

Big Idea: We live out our union with Christ by putting sin to death, putting his character on, and pursuing his peace together.

1) Put to death the sins to which we have died in Christ

2) Put on the garments of those who have been raised with Christ

3) Prize the peace of the body of Christ

Passage: Colossians 3:1-4

Big Idea: We lay hold of and live out of our connection to Christ as we contemplate and our connection to him.

1) The condition of Christian Spirituality

2) The concentration of Christian Spirituality

3) The contemplation of Christian Spirituality

Passage: Colossians 2:16-23

Big Idea: Beware spirituality that is founded and focused on self-made progress, rather than clinging to Christ

1) The content of self-made spirituality

2) The character of self-made spirituality

3) The collapse of self-made spirituality

4) The challenge of self-made spirituality

Passage: Colossians 2:13-15

Big Idea: The cross of Christ has canceled your sin and crushed Satan's forces, so you can walk in the freedom of new life in Christ.

1) You have new life in Christ

2) Your sins have been forgiven

3) You have Christ's victory over darkness