Are you ready to see life through grace-tinted glasses?
As we approach a new year, it’s time to ditch the old resolutions and embrace the newness we already have in Christ. Colossians 3 invites us to put on grace-tinted glasses, where seeking things above transforms our perspective.
Imagine living with the security of knowing your life is hidden with Christ, shaping your identity and choices. This isn’t about striving to become new but realizing you already are! Christ is your life, and everything you do can reflect this incredible truth. From putting aside anger to embracing compassion, your new self is being renewed in the knowledge of Jesus.
Watch now to explore how living from your new identity and this grace-filled perspective can revolutionize your year. It’s time to renew your view and see life through the lens of grace!
Discussion Questions for Colossians 3:
- Read verses 1-2. What does it mean to “seek the things above”? How can this perspective change the way we view our lives?
- Read verse 3. How does the truth that “your life is hidden with Christ in God” provide security and shape your identity?
- Read verse 4 and react to this statement: Christ is my life. Now, what does it mean to you that you will be “revealed with Him in glory”?
- Read verses 5-7. How do you consider the members of your body as dead to sin? And how does this “match” the truth about you as a person?
- Read verses 8-9. How do your choices to put aside anger, slander, and lying reflect the reality of your new self?
- Read verses 10-11. What kind of renewal is happening now that you are already the new self? What does “no distinction” in this verse mean to you?
- Read verses 12-14. In practical terms, how do you “put on” a heart of compassion? Why is love highlighted “beyond all these things”?
- How does verse 13 express the opposite of what we see in the Lord’s Prayer (see Matthew 6:14-15)? Why is this the case?