Colossians 3

Is it Grey or Gray? Patrick Odum writes about 50 Shades of Grey and reminds us to think carefully about our participation and expectation of the movie and our sexuality.

What do I do and who am I when I cannot change what I want most to change? Rubel Shelley reminds us of the importance of attitude and how that changes everything important that matters.

In this season of memories, what should we hold on to most tightly? Phil Ware reflects on the death of his grandfather, Daddy Gordon, and remembers his father's passing away, and is reminded of the floods in life that can't sweep away our hope.

Where is your life hidden? The eternal part of us, our life, is hidden away with Christ in God and glory awaits.

Is your life stuck at the light? A car stuck at a light reminds

Can you face the prospect of really bad news and tough times with faith? In the face of battling mental health challenges, could you take on the prospect of dying with faith, character, and hope?

How old are you getting to be these days? We are only as old as we choose to be, since God made us to be eternal.

Let Him fill you with light. Brothers and sisters, without Christ, we are diamonds in a dark room. We cannot shine and display all the wondrous beauty God made us to have without His light.

Can you get out of your problems before they drag you down? God will stick by us and get us through the worse times in our lives.

Satan will tempt us to prove our importance just like he tempted Jesus. Max Lucado reminds us that Satan will try to tempt us to be important and to show out rather than to serve, just like he did with Jesus.

Moses wanted Pharaoh and the Egyptians to see that only Israel's God was truly God. Anything in addition to God was less. James Nored and Phil Ware look at Moses' showdown with Pharaoh to remind us that this was really a showdown to show who was truly God and our need to choose to follow him.

What do you mean my dog is on the roof? Rubel Shelly shares his insights on tact, telling the truth, kindness, sophistry, avoidance, and sugar coating the truth.

How can we be thankful without doing something significant? Patrick Odum talks about gratitude and thankfulness for the grace we have received and all the blessings we have in Christ and in life.

So did your weekend leave you refreshed or deplete? How we approach the weekend and the beginning of a new week depends upon whether or not we focus on heavenly things, things above where God is!

Excellence in every area of life means relationships, too! Rubel Shelly calls us to excellence, but reminds us that this must be true in every area of life, including our relationships.

Moses wanted Pharaoh and the Egyptians to see that only Israel's God was truly God. Anything in addition to God was less. James Nored and Phil Ware look at Moses' showdown with Pharaoh to remind us that this was really a showdown to show who was truly God and our need to choose to follow him.

Where did Jesus find his followers? Our Christian life is lived out in our workplace much more than in our church attendance!

How secure to feel about your safety as we move into what seems to be an increasingly uncertain future? Phil Ware reminds us that true thanksgiving is rooted in our future being safe in Jesus and sharing in his glory when he comes for us.

Is this the best we can do? While we can get frustrated with a lack of excellence in service in the world, we can never justify doing just enough and stopping short of giving God the best.

What can you see from where you are sitting? Tom takes a ride on an airliner and from the window seat remembers how important it is to look at things from another perspective, God's perspective.

Do you look like your Father? For those of us who claim to follow Jesus, there should be a family resemblance between each of us and God and Jesus. We should not look like the people around us, but we should be uniquely different and by our look we should be part of God's family.

Why do we fret over our artistic expressions? Lisa Mikitarian reminds us of our need to honor God with the things he has called and gifted us to do regardless of how they are used or appreciated by others.

What do you get to do today? Tom Norvell reminds us on this 2010 MLB Allstars game night about the blessings of what we get to do each day.

Have you ever thought as your job as your primary place of worship? Ron Rose reminds us that work is sacred and we should not divide our lives into sacred and secular boxes.

Doesn't my gift count? Cathy Messecar confesses her struggle to make giving something that honors God and not herself and she talks about the Salvation Army Red Kettle Drive.

God chose to come to us, suffer at our hands, and sacrifice himself so we could know the depth of God's redeeming love for us. Phil Ware shares Scriptures and James Nored shares an inspirational video regarding the blessings and significance of Advent, Jesus' coming to earth as God in human flesh as our Savior and Lord.

In the healing of a man with leprosy, we see the touch of Jesus and new life promised to us through the Spirit's resurrection power. Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus touching a man with leprosy and focuses on how Jesus' touch and word of command made clean and redeemed this man who was left alone to die, abandoned by everyone and everything in his world, revealing Jesus' heart f

A genuine disciple, and especially an apostle, follows the path of Jesus who gave up his life to seek, serve, and save the lost. James Nored in video, and Phil Ware using the Scriptures, remind us of the beauty and the cost to God of saving us and forgiving us, and giving us a new life.

So who is Jesus to you? Phil Ware talks about Paul's big reversal from seeing Jesus as a blasphemer to seeing him as everything.

Jesus is not only our Savior and Lord, but he is also the model on whom we are to build our lives! James Nored and Phil Ware share in video and word how we can share in the life of Jesus in our lives today.

Don't be fooled by the simplicity of this meal, but be reminded that Jesus makes simple things glorious! Phil Ware reminds us that though the bread and wine of this meal are simple, so were Jesus' words to Jairus' daughter, and those words changed everything.

How do we keep the concerns from stealing our thanksgiving? Phil Ware talks about how to keep thanksgiving a part of our daily lives even though we face challenging times.

How do we keep our concerns for the future and our hardships from the last two years of Covid 19 from stealing the joy of our Thanksgiving? Phil Ware reminds us to keep thanksgiving a part of our daily lives even though we face challenging times, difficult circumstances, and discouraging realities.

If we are not careful, the challenges of the moment can wilt the joy right out of our Thanksgiving. Phil Ware reminds us that no matter how difficult our circumstances, because of Jesus we have reason to give thanks!

You have been chosen by Christ for an eternity-long relationship! Max Lucado reminds us that we are the precious bride of Christ and we need to keep our focus on our wedding day.

Is my work really ministry? Rubel Shelly reminds us that any vocation can be ministry if we approach it with intention and the honoring of God.

Jesus came to earth, lived as one of us, and died a horrible death of shame and humiliation on the cross so we could be in his family. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to celebrate and focus upon what it means to be a child of God who can approach Jesus as an older brother and God as Abba Father.

Songs enable us to speak to God from all the different tangents, orbits, pressures, situations, and experiences in our lives. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in online worship through words and music using YouTube videos inviting us to rejoice and sing to the LORD with joy and thanksgiving.

God loves you, so he's at work to transform you! Max Lucado reminds us that God is at work in us to make us and transform us to be like Jesus.

Winning the hearts of our enemies? Rubel Shelly reminds us that gentleness is much in need in every area of life.

Is there more to the season than the spending? We don't have to become Scrooge to be responsible at Christmas and yet still keep the meaning of the season.

Does it seem like you're losing ground but working harder than ever? So often we get pre-occupied with being busy that we forget to check our direction and our progress

What kind thing have you done today? Kindness is a trait of God that we need to have and to share.

What would you have done to thank them? Patrick Odum challenges us to see the basic call of our lives to live for Jesus.

Why do I have to do something this hard? Max Lucado reminds us that we can get through this even if it involves forgiving the unforgivable -- both unforgivable sin and sinner.

Do you know where your church really is? Church is found where people who make up the Lord's Body are at work doing Kingdom business.

What was that we saw falling to earth? We can't really know anyone else's story without being able to view it from the perspective of God and God sheds a tear when we judge each other falsely.

What happens the other 51 weeks of the year? Phil Ware begins a 4 part November series on giving thanks just in time for the Thanksgiving season.

Church is not a place to stay spiritually sick, but a place to get well. Church is not just like a hospital where everyone is sick. It is more like a wellness center where we learn to live healthy.

How is the church like manure? Rubel Shelly reminds us that the church is sent, scattered, meant to infiltrate and penetrate the world and make a difference.

On this day when many pause with their families to give thanks to God, let’s remember what the LORD God has done to bless us! Phil Ware reminds us to give thanks for all of our blessings!

Can you really hold off the condemnation? God is forgiving of us and we must be of each other.

Have you really thrown them away or just tried to clean them up? We need to not only be sorry for our sin, but we also need to get rid of the things in our lives that lead us to sin.

Who are you really living for? We are called to be Christ-centered, not self-centered.

Imagine never being picked last! Paul Faulkner reminds us that God chose us, and still chooses us, every time for his team.

What you are looking for determines what you will find! Alan Smith reminds us that our passion to find something is in direct proportion to our sense of value in that thing.

We want to be a people who sing to God out of hearts full of gratitude because of our riches in Christ Jesus! Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in online worship through words and music, using YouTube videos to lead us to sing with hearts full of gratitude for all that God has done for us in Jesus.

What's cookin' in your church's kitchen? Some places are holy and we shouldn't violate these sacred spaces.

Are we really willing to make Jesus the center of our life. Phil Ware reminds us that Jesus is the center of everything, our salvation, our time, our hope, but will we make Jesus the center of our lives?

God alone had earned the right to speak truth into their lives, compassion into their hearts, and righteousness into their behaviors. James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the importance of the 10 Commandments and the two divine principles of God and Jesus and call us to live them in our daily lives.

Where are our greater things? Phil Ware continues his series on greater things focusing on 'the name of the Lord' and the power and presence of Jesus that fed the expectation that God would surprise his people with greater things.

Jesus wasn't just raised from the dead; he is also now alive in us through the Holy Spirit! James Nored and Phil Ware emphasize the importance of the Holy Spirit in our resurrection from the dead.

What are you going to do with this third of your life? Brian McCutchen reminds us that 1/3 of our life is spent working so we need to be aware that God doesn't have us where we are by accident.

Do you know peace in your life? Do you know peace in your life? Or, do you find your days filled with conflict? Are you often belligerent and contentious with those around you? Find real peace in Jesus.

Are you dead enough to catch on fire? Mike Barres challenges us to die to self so we can catch fire with the Spirit of the Lord.

What will we do when the choice is ours and the moment comes? Phil Ware continues his series connected to The Story, this week from Chapter 3, focusing on Joseph and his temptation with Potiphar's wife.

It's not a Sunday morning deal we make with God! Brian McCutchen talks about worship and how it must be a daily part of our lives or it is not real worship like the early Christians shared and lived.

Because God has so graciously loved us, we can live as Jesus' agents of love and kindness in our broken world. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's great love for us as something more like, feel, think, or say, it is always demonstrated.

What do you do when you have those who offend you When someone has hurt you and you can get even, what are you going to do?

How can we minister to Jesus? One way we can minister to Christ is to serve those in need, especially those in prison or in jail.

Isn't it time to consider giving up your secular work? Ron Rose talks about the difference and the parallel of sacred and secular work and the jobs we have and do and whether or not we are secular or sacred people.

How do you really clean house this spring? Anne Voskamp shares her insights into spring cleaning and the stress and blessing of completely cleaning ones house and heart.

What's your favorite way to sing? Singing changes and so must we, but the bigger issue is that we sing!

Without forgiveness, bitterness is all that’s left! Max Lucado reminds us of the importance of forgiveness or bitterness poisons our hearts and destroys our influence.

How can we follow in the same pattern doing the same ol' thing yet it appear on the surface as something very different? Phil Ware continues his series on the prodigal son called the journey home, this message is about how both sons wanted the same thing and both loved the father's stuff more than they loved the father.