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Walk Talk / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / This page is designed for you to apply what you have learned from the Scriptures. Our goal is not just “to know” but to “act upon what we know.” (His Word, Our Walk!) We encourage you to discuss the following questions with family, friends and your LIFEgroup. Although you can review it on your own, it will be most useful to you when processed with others!
Colossians - Thankfulness Colossians • Dennis Miller, Lead Pastor • September 29 & 30, 2012
1.What did you learn about the key words in this passage as we began our study? 2. When have you enjoyed times of shared prayer? What benefit did you see? Are your prayers intentional? 3. Why was Paul thankful for the faith of the Colossian people? How does that speak to you? 4. What is the test of true faith? 5. Hope is probably the most misunderstood of the big three (Faith, Hope and Love). Why is that? How do you understand it and how would you explain it to a child? 6. Are you thankful for the Gospel and the Truth? How do you express it? How do you prove it? 7.Why is the “messenger” important? What do you know about Epaphras and why would you like to be like him?
In This Series We Will Learn: 1. People don’t ___________ how much you ___________ until they ___________ how much you ___________. 2. We find our greatest ___________ when we put the needs of ___________ before our ___________. The Scriptures Col. 1:3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints— Col. 1:5 the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 6 that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth. 7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
1. A Prayer of Thankfulness -- This prayer is ___________. (“we”) Paul, Timothy, Epaphras, Silus, Luke, Demas, Onesimus, Aristachus, John Mark, Justus (Col. 1:1,7; 4:9-14)
-- The prayer is ___________. (“always”) -- This prayer is directed to the ___________. -- This prayer is very _________________. (“because”) a. Thankfulness for their ____________. -- The ___________ of the Colossian church was in ___________ Jesus.
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John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (eis) Col. 1:4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus . . . (en)
b. Thankfulness for their _________. Col. 1:4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints—
-- When you have faith in Christ there is a ___________ love for others that is ___________. And it is for ______ of the saints. --This is a good ___________ for ___________! John 13:35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
c. Thankfulness for their ______________. Col. 1:5 the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel
-- The hope of the people is an ___________ of their __________. -- Hope is the “___________ of what God ___________ do in the future.” -- Faith, love and hope are inseparably ___________! Rom. 5:2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. 1Cor. 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1Th. 1:3 We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Th. 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
-- Faith ___________ on the ___________, love ___________ in the ___________ and hope ___________ to the ___________. -- Hope sees the _______________ of God, faith makes them ___________ and love ___________ them to others. d. Thankfulness for the ______________. Col. 1:5 the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 6 that has come to you. All over
the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, . . .
-- Paul couldn’t help ___________. He wanted to thank God for the _______________ and the _____________ they shared. -- The message of Christ is contained ______ in the Word of God. The messenger is ___________, but the message is ___________. -- Did Paul ___________ that he was writing portions of this Word? 2Pet. 3:15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
e. Thankfulness for their ______________. Col. 1:6 that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.
-- The Colossians didn’t ___________ with _________________, but _______________ in their spiritual growth. -- They ___________ were understanding God’s ___________. (This word “grace” is key for a later discussion in the letter.) f. Thankfulness for their ______________. Col. 1:7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
-- Paul doesn’t ___________ the value of the one who ___________ the ___________. -- Epaphras was considered a _____-___________. -- Epaphras was a ___________ ___________. -- Epaphras was a ___________ spiritual _____. -- But Epaphras was also ___________ . . . What Do We Learn? 1. The value of ___________ ___________. 2. The value of ___________ thanks. 3. The value of a _________ Gospel message that continues to ___________ ___________.
Walk Talk / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / This page is designed for you to apply what you have learned from the Scriptures. Our goal is not just “to know” but to “act upon what we know.” (His Word, Our Walk!) We encourage you to discuss the following questions with family, friends and your LIFEgroup. Although you can review it on your own, it will be most useful to you when processed with others!
Colossians - Thankfulness Colossians • Dennis Miller, Lead Pastor • September 29 & 30, 2012
1.What did you learn about the key words in this passage as we began our study? 2. When have you enjoyed times of shared prayer? What benefit did you see? Are your prayers intentional? 3. Why was Paul thankful for the faith of the Colossian people? How does that speak to you? 4. What is the test of true faith? 5. Hope is probably the most misunderstood of the big three (Faith, Hope and Love). Why is that? How do you understand it and how would you explain it to a child? 6. Are you thankful for the Gospel and the Truth? How do you express it? How do you prove it? 7.Why is the “messenger” important? What do you know about Epaphras and why would you like to be like him?
In This Series We Will Learn: 1. People don’t ___________ how much you ___________ until they ___________ how much you ___________. 2. We find our greatest ___________ when we put the needs of ___________ before our ___________. The Scriptures Col. 1:3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints— Col. 1:5 the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 6 that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth. 7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
1. A Prayer of Thankfulness -- This prayer is ___________. (“we”) Paul, Timothy, Epaphras, Silus, Luke, Demas, Onesimus, Aristachus, John Mark, Justus (Col. 1:1,7; 4:9-14)
-- The prayer is ___________. (“always”) -- This prayer is directed to the ___________. -- This prayer is very _________________. (“because”) a. Thankfulness for their ____________. -- The ___________ of the Colossian church was in ___________ Jesus.
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John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (eis) Col. 1:4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus . . . (en)
b. Thankfulness for their _________. Col. 1:4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints—
-- When you have faith in Christ there is a ___________ love for others that is ___________. And it is for ______ of the saints. --This is a good ___________ for ___________! John 13:35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
c. Thankfulness for their ______________. Col. 1:5 the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel
-- The hope of the people is an ___________ of their __________. -- Hope is the “___________ of what God ___________ do in the future.” -- Faith, love and hope are inseparably ___________! Rom. 5:2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. 1Cor. 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1Th. 1:3 We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Th. 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
-- Faith ___________ on the ___________, love ___________ in the ___________ and hope ___________ to the ___________. -- Hope sees the _______________ of God, faith makes them ___________ and love ___________ them to others. d. Thankfulness for the ______________. Col. 1:5 the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 6 that has come to you. All over
the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, . . .
-- Paul couldn’t help ___________. He wanted to thank God for the _______________ and the _____________ they shared. -- The message of Christ is contained ______ in the Word of God. The messenger is ___________, but the message is ___________. -- Did Paul ___________ that he was writing portions of this Word? 2Pet. 3:15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
e. Thankfulness for their ______________. Col. 1:6 that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.
-- The Colossians didn’t ___________ with _________________, but _______________ in their spiritual growth. -- They ___________ were understanding God’s ___________. (This word “grace” is key for a later discussion in the letter.) f. Thankfulness for their ______________. Col. 1:7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
-- Paul doesn’t ___________ the value of the one who ___________ the ___________. -- Epaphras was considered a _____-___________. -- Epaphras was a ___________ ___________. -- Epaphras was a ___________ spiritual _____. -- But Epaphras was also ___________ . . . What Do We Learn? 1. The value of ___________ ___________. 2. The value of ___________ thanks. 3. The value of a _________ Gospel message that continues to ___________ ___________.
