Here’s some more Gospel Good News

Colossians 1: 9-14 (ESV)

… we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

There’s a lot underlined there, but this is a great example of how important it is that we understand more each day God’s love for us. Joy is not found in our circumstances or possessions or people. Our joy is to be bound in what Jesus has already done for us on the cross. Paul knows this and prays that we will allow this profound truth to work itself out big time in our life.

I’ve been encouraging people to pray for a young pastor Matt Chandler who has brain cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. If you want to be encouraged and know that no matter what you are facing God loves you and is for you, than listen to this powerful sermon he delivered on Jan 2, 2010 titled "Divine Tensions."

http://northway.thevillagechurch.net/sermons