God grows and matures those He has redeemed.

1. We thank God for what he has done.

2. We ask Him to continue His good work.

3. We thank Him for the redemption that makes growth possible.

Our only hope for enduring and finishing the race is to set our eyes on Jesus.

We must look to Jesus to run with endurance

We must consider Jesus to keep from growing weary

We need to know the background of the letter before we really dig in. So, we answer two basic questions:

1) Who is Paul?

2) Who are the Colossians?

Message of Colossians = Jesus Christ is an ALL-sufficient Savior.