Sound and Christ like leadership in the church fosters sound doctrine which leads to sound living and abundant life. Good biblical teaching commands us to live submitted, loving and forgiving lives as we are being reconciled to God and He reconciles us to each other.

We are called to be stewards; our stewardship is over God’s creation and His revealed mysteries. It is required of stewards to be found faithful, we must faithful over natural things, small things and another man’s things, then God will entrust things of our own to us. Can you be trusted? Paul teaches us what the requirements are and how we can become qualified and made ready. Join us as we look into 2 Timothy 2 and learn what it takes to a faithful steward.

Paul never had opportunity to visit Colossae, but His impact upon the tri-city area was tremendous. There are places we may never be able to reach, but our prayers, intercessions, and giving thanks, our influence in the heavenlies can make a world of difference. Don’t withhold from any the good you can do because you never know the impact it can make but we do know the impact we were brought into the kingdom to make.

The Bible admonishes us to put on Christ and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof. What does that mean and how do we do that? We do it by living a new life in Christ by adopting His character and virtues, rather than living by the dictates of our sinful desires, we let the same mind that was in Christ be in us.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.” So then, we are to be forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, pressing toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called us heavenward in Christ Jesus. For when we were children we thought as children do, we reasoned after that manner. Now that we are more matured, we are to put the ways of childhood behind us. Ephesians 4 teaches us how that looks in our daily living.

As believers we take to seek to know what is the Church, what is its origin, what is its destiny and what is its mission. We also need to know we possess in Christ and our position in Him. Why, well our problem as mankind is that we have lived out of harmony with our environment, we have been alienated from the life of God. We have trespassed His holiness and His righteous decrees, fallen short of His perfection and been dead spiritually. God wants us resurrected and restored to profitability to His purposes. Knowing our position then will determine our possession and authority and then we can reign in life as conquerors.

The Spoken Word December 8, 2025

In Matthew 5:48 Jesus instructs us saying, "Be perfect, therefore as your heavenly Father is perfect." This is a call to "holiness" a reflection of God's character, showing love, mercy and righteousness without partiality, even extending this to our enemies. What happens when the Church stops operating in holiness? Apart from holiness none will see God nor experience true peace.

We can trust God to comfort us in our suffering knowing that it has purpose in the Christian experience. In trying times look to Him, lean into Him through prayer and supplications with thanksgiving and that He is conforming you to His will. While God is making you share your testimony to encourage others and intercede on behalf of others that God's kingdom comes, and His will is done.

The Spoken Word December 3, 2025