The Gathering at Adell Audio Sermon

In a world where words are used carelessly and destructively, we are called to a higher standard – to speak in a way that reflects the heart of Jesus. 1 Colossians 4:6 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.

Transformation is a deliberate rejection of our old sinful habits and attitudes AND reorienting our desires and affections. 1 Colossians 3:5-11 5 Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these, God’s wrath is coming upon the disobedient,[a] 7 and you once

Forgiveness opens the path to relationship. Anger and bitterness are road blcoks to spiritual maturity and freedom. 1 Colossians 3:12-14 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the

When Christ’s peace, Word and the desire to honor him fill our lives, we live in a state of overflow, impacting everything and everyone around us. 1 Colossians 3:15-17 15 And let the peace of Christ, to which you were also called in one body, rule your hearts. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ

To be “hidden with Christ” means that we are secured, concealed and protected. 1 Colossians 3:1-4 3 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is

God’s view of us must be the lens that we view ourselves through. 1 Colossians 2:8-10 8 Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ. 9 For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily[a] in Christ, 10 and

Gratitude is a profound acknowledgement of God’s grace, mercy and constant presence in our lives. 1 Colossians 2:6-7 6 So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him, 7 being rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing with gratitude.

When we are rooted and built up, we can provide a place of safety for others. 1 Colossians 2:1-8 For I want you to know how greatly I am struggling for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person. 2 I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined

Knowledge must lead to conduct, it cannot stay in our heads. It must be revealed in our beliefs, words and actions. 1 Colossians 1:9-14 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom

1 Colossians 1:9-14 9 And so, from the day we heard, 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, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every