The dangerous deception of partial obedience is this: it feels righteous, but it is functionally rebellious. God demands and deserves our full and complete obedience.

Prevented from externally cursing the Israelites, Balaam set up the Israelites to bring curses on themselves as they gave into sexual immorality and false gods. We need to battle against sin and corruption, a battle that begins within our own hearts.

Drawing from Matthew 25, success is not determined by comparing our accomplishments against what other have done; instead, as God's servants, success comes from using the unique skills, abilities, and tasks God has given to each one of us.

Professor Kelly Steffen from Prairie College shares the message from John 14 that the cure for what troubles us is not found in reaching some destination, but knowing the person of Christ.

Concluding the study through Colossians, we find Paul commanding believers to be devoted to prayer, praying and watching for the opportunity to share the Gospel.

Instructing the Colossians to represent Christ in all they do and say, Paul applies this command to the three relationships: husband and wife; children and fathers; and slaves and masters.

Returning to Colossians 3, Paul instructs believers to take off our old sinful nature and put on our new nature found in Christ.

God has given us so much from His love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness and also our unique talents and experience. It is now our responsibility to freely share what we have been freely given.

From the beginning, it was not good for man to be alone. God created us from community but sin broke the relationships between each other and God. But now through Christ, the church can be the place of true community.

Everyone needs healing and restoration in some area of their life. The church needs to be a place that welcomes the messiness of life and offer the comfort and hope that can only through Christ.