Colossians 1:9-10

Here are the two verses for this week. We will regroup tomorrow to decide if we need a catchup week or some sort of incentive!

Colossians 1:9-10 NASB

9. For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10. so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;



1 - 10 all together...
Colossians 1:1-10 NASB

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth; just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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Group Group This Sunday: Meeting changes and info...

Well, it's been a long time coming but... Group Group is finally here. That is to say, all of our small groups will be meeting together as a large group THIS SUNDAY.

Here's the specs:

Where: at VBCC in the Youth Lounge

When: 5:00 PM

What: Large Group Dinner and Worship Gathering

Who: You!

Mark needs some guys to help lug some tables upstairs to set things up for dinner at 4:30. Contact him if you can get there early to help.

Sarah is coordinating food and can use some volunteers to help supply food... the more the better. Contact her if you can help with bringing food for me... I mean, us to eat.

Looking forward to worshipping together with all of you.... and pass this info along to others just to make sure we've got the bases covered and as always encourage others to fellowship as well...

PS: Keep an ear out for a possible upcoming camping trip/retreat and musical trip to Winter Jam. Ryan's gonna help facilitate these events...

Colossians 1:5-6, 7-8

Well done to those who were quoting the first 6 verses of Colossians last week. Let it be a challenge to the rest of us to keep up.

Just to catch us up, here are last weeks verses (5-6)

5 ...because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel6 which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;...

And here are this weeks verses (7-8)

7 ...just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8 and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.

You can do it! Verses 7 and 8 are pretty short, giving us all a chance to catch up if we have fallen behind.

Memorize, Memorize

Here are verses 1 - 4 of Colossians. The Silina group is trying to have these down by this Sunday.
See you then!

Colossians 1:1-4 NASB

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints;

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Memorizing Colossians

To show some comraderie with our fellow group at the Esperat house, and because it's a great thing to memorize scripture, we are encouraging everyone to memorize Colossians together. Two verses a week should be a good challenge for us all.

Since we hadn't really decided what version we were going to use for memorizing, we will call this the first week. Here are the first two verses. (NewAmerican Standard Bible)

Colossians 1:1-2 NASB
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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Our responses to Ephesians 5: 1-2...

In response to looking the imagery and calling of verses 1 & 2 of Ephesians 5, we offered some practical actions/looks at what it would be instructing us to do.

- Be available

- Welcome interruption

- Setting aside money you were going to spend on personal pleasure to meet someone else's practical need

- Giving time to someone who is going through something

- Not necessarily having an answer to someone's issue but spending time with them praying, going to the One who is the answer... Doing this not just in the moment but over the course of time with them...

- Forgive quickly

- Providing anonymous or unrecognized acts of service

- Have dinner with neighbors

- Keeping up with one another's lives...

How might we help to motivate and hold one another accountable? or even do these things as a family/group?

Therefore, as dearly loved children be imitators of God and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Bible Reading Plan

It's not too late... Start now... Start with February and join us in reading through the Bible this year. This is a great tool that actually I have felt has added freedom in accountability and direction in reading the Bible, which is something I believe we all testify to as being valuable and necessary for our health and life...