The Community of Saints Colossians 4:7-18 July 24 th , 2022 1. The Church values a. Tychius b. Onesimus c. Demas d. Mark 2. The Church values a. Aristichus b. Justus c. Luke 3. The Church values a. Epaphras b. Nympha c. Archippus 4. Remember! Christ above All!

1. Remembering has a definitive purpose. 2. Remember that the scriptures are God's self-disclosure. 3. Remember, because we are prone to become prideful. 4. Remember so the next generation will live. 5. Remember, we serve a God of new beginnings.

Step 1: Walk in the Way of Wisdom Step 2: Make the Most of Time Time under the sun Time under God Step 3: Season Your Speech Graciousness: Salt:

Before we meet Christ we are rough, jagged, different from a life in Christ. As we spend more time in the Word, in prayer, and in community with other believers and are immersed in that life we are smoothed a little more becoming something different. The more time we spend with Christ the more like Him we become. Our jagged edges are worn away, our thoughts and actions become more in line with his. Christ wants your life to transform you. He wants to transform your marriage, your parenting, and your worklife. He doesn’t want parts of you, He wants it all so he can transform it all. The more access he has to all parts of our life, the more we can impact people for him. Those close to use in our homes, and those we come in contact with daily in our work. If you are keeping parts of your life from him, pray for help to open those areas up and change those parts to be more in line with the Spirit. If you are struggling at home, reach out to believers who’ve been there or seek help. Christ is the key to change in your life, there is no self-help book that will change your home, but there is a book that can teach you to become more like the one who created marriage. Access it daily, to take away the rough edges of your life.

Dad’s Spiritual Toolbox (Colossians 3:12-17) Faith in Christ-the foundation Love-unconditional Word of God-Bible Forgiveness-as Christ forgave you Compassion, kindness, gentleness Patience Prayer, thankfulness, gratitude Do All in the name of the Lord Jesus      Tools to build a son/daughter

WHERE IS YOUR COMPASS POINTING? 1. SET YOUR HEARTS ON THINGS ABOVE (Colossians 3:1-4) Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 2. Move Away From the Life of the Past (Colossians 3:5-9) 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. 7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 3. Replace Old Ways With New Ways (Colossians 3:10-11) 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

Col. 2: 16-23 A shadow of things to come.

Col. 2: 8-15 Record of debt cancelled.