{"id":2931,"date":"2014-09-02T12:36:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2014-09-02T12:36:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T17:36:57","slug":"colossians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/?p=2931","title":{"rendered":"Colossians"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Colossians\"<\/a>\u00a0It is so important that we read God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 Why, you ask?\u00a0 Verses 9 & 10 of our reading will answer it.\u00a0 To be filled with the knowledge of Him with all wisdom and spiritual understanding.\u00a0 Why do we want this knowledge?\u00a0 As we read on we see it is to please Him, God.\u00a0 Our goal is to please God, not to make ourselves happy, and God through us receives the glory.<\/p>\n

Here is what we need to keep in mind; God\u2019s knowledge and wisdom will lead us into a greater and more blessed life.\u00a0 To know the mind of God and to be led by God, (through the Spirit which never contradicts God\u2019s Holy Word) in every aspect of life.\u00a0 Do you need a better relationship? Do you need a better financial situation? Do you need a better life? YES! The answer is to be grounded in God\u2019s Word and allow His wisdom to be applied to your life.\u00a0 I know personally when I drift away from my anchored truths of God\u2019s Word I find myself disappointed.<\/p>\n

You and I have trouble changing because of pride. We hear too often how people are \u201cproud of themselves\u201d even when they fail or do something destructive to others.\u00a0 Pride is a key sin that Satan is using to blind us as God\u2019s people.\u00a0 A good self-esteem for confidence is needed, but it should never reach the level of pride.\u00a0\u00a0 In verse 28 Paul warns every man of the sin that consumes us and overshadows our need to be made perfect in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

Paul was excited and thankful for these brothers in Christ at Colossi.\u00a0 He was thankful for their faith in Jesus and their love for all the saints.\u00a0 Our culture (I include myself) worships the created things (we call blessings) more than the creator of all of this.\u00a0 Do you need Jesus, want Jesus, and do you desire to please Jesus?<\/p>\n

This is where I find my heart this morning, conflicted with worshiping the blessings and pretty happy with me.\u00a0 I need my heart broken for the things of Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2933,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions\/2933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}