Saying funny names, learning to pray, and being surrounded by beloved family in Christ. There's a lot to unpack in these final verses of this beautiful book!

What kind of Jacket do you wear? In Colossians we are told to "above all put on Love". So, as we don our fancy jackets of love and head off to church, let us look forward to singing to one another the truths of God that we might grow more and more like Jesus.

Time to take action! The active verbs as we enter the second half of Colossians give us a lot to set our minds on. We hope you can find a few things to put on and off as a result of todays exhortation! (And the empowerment in Christ to do it!)

So. Many. Metaphors. The Bible uses so many pictures of things to help bring out spiritual truth. Today we'll be exploring circumcision, baptism, the body, and so many truths that are creatively nestled into these metaphors.

There are many deep heavenly concepts to be explored in Colossians, so go grab your knitting needles and come nerd out with us on God's Word!

The gospel is meant to impact us every day, the fullness of Him who is the image of the invisible God intersecting our lives in the midst of both our sufferings, and the daily mundane. But He doesn't want us to cling to the guardrails of "rules" but learn to drive in the center of the lane with our affections drawn ever deeper upon Him.

Today we kick off our study on Colossians, and the big question you must ask yourself is "Are you living as a bucket or a hose?" We must shorten the distance in our response to turn to Christ so that we can live in the constant replenishment of His Grace and Peace. Knowing that Hope both clarifies and purifies we can persevere through hardship with Joy because of what He supplies us with.

Do you hear Him call? He calls us to the Eremos, to come to a quiet place, to find rest for our souls, to learn from Him; In silence and solitude, in Sabbath and rest, to battle for the life He calls us to live, in grace and peace that is only found in Him.

As we finish our study through the book of Deuteronomy we are reminded by Moses and the Israelites to "embrace the journey" and to remember that the destination is not the Promised Land but "being with Jesus".

*Note: it was implied on the podcast that they may have read the law every year at Feast of Tabs, but the Scripture says it was every 7 years at the year of release that they were to do this reading.

Some nuggets from today: "What you love transforms what you do", "It's the hard that reveals His good", "Choose to remember". As we survey the blessings and curses from these chapters we are challenged to "Choose life" and live it to the fullest in Christ!