Colossians 4

"Dear Father, Help us to remember each other earnestly in our prayers. Help us to stand mature and to be fully assured in your will. Help us encourage..."

Will you be ready when your moment comes? The national cheerleading championship reminds Tom about how so much of life comes down to that one crucial moment and how we perform it and he asks us if we are ready for our moment.

"Dear Father, Give us caring hearts when it comes to our fellow servants in Christ. May we carry the news of them to each other for the sake of..."

"Dear Father, grantor of wisdom, Help me conduct myself wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let my speech always be gracious,..."

"Dear Father, who answers our prayers, Help me to be steadfast in my praying to you, even to stay awake that I may pray! Fill my life with..."

"This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy. We are writing to God's holy..."

Are you sharing the message? We need to be sharing the gospel of Christ, God's mystery.

"Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his..."

Did we miss our chance to make a difference? The start of the New Year offers us a new start to do it better.

"Make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone."

"Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you...."

"Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you..."

"Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you....."

Inspirational illustration of Colossians 4:5-6 -- Make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

I get done only what I pray for! Phil Ware shares some practical ideas on how to stay on mission even while practicing social distancing.

Give thanks for this? Phil Ware finishes his November series of giving thanks and focuses on our mission or call from God.

"Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity."

"Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone."

"It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing..."

Inspirational illustration of Colossians 4:2 -- Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. NLT

How would you feel if it was you? Phil Ware shares about an embarrassing moment in church when he was in high school and compares it to Philemon being called out in church in Colossae.

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.

Are we using cleaning agents that are toxic to others and their faith? Rubel Shelly reminds us that we need to allow new Christians and inquirers to have time to grow and mature and not subject them to over scrutiny to the point of killing them with caustic cleanliness.

What I had missed was the human element of this event in Jesus' life. The heavenly Father was affirming his Son! Phil Ware shares insight into affirmation of God's leaders from the life of Jesus and the ministry of Paul.

I feel like I am launching my prayers upward, as if I was shooting bbs toward heaven, only to have them hit a metal ceiling and fall at my feet, mocking me with their ineffectiveness! Phil Ware provides a host of resources on prayer and how to grow our prayer lives.

Jesus didn't pray for unity just so Christians could sit in a happy circle, hold hands, and sing Kum Ba Yah around the campfire at church camp. Phil Ware reflects on the words of Jesus, the actions of the apostle Paul, and the example of a couple of men in his life, all focused on the theme of reconciliation.

With the genuine seeker, the struggling follower longing to be more godly, and those broken by life, the Lord used tender language filled with grace and mercy. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to be salt to a world of decay, flavorlessness, and bland hope.

Where does your private path lead? Danny Sims talks about having a well worn path to the place of prayer because we are so close to God!

Are you letting this Garment set your style? Max Lucado reminds us that when we are baptized, we are clothed with Christ, so what people see in us they attribute to Jesus!

Don't sit there waiting for the right horse to come along! If we wait too long for the right opportunity to come along, we'll miss our chance to serve, bless, and help!

How do we prepare the hearts of those we influence to be ready to receive Jesus with joy? ToGather.church worship segment for April 5, 2020, focusing on Jesus' Triumphal Entry and how we prepare people to receive Jesus into their hearts and shout "Hosanna!" in praise and welcome to him.

"Dear Child of Grace, You have been blessed with grace because of the Father's love (John 3:16-18; Colossians 1:12-14). That grace was embodied by My...."

Isn't time to do this with everything else going on? Thanksgiving is something that is needed, commanded, and celebrated: so let's give thanks.

What are you doing to empower God's word? Prayer empowers God's people and God's message.

Whatever happened to plain ol' Christian courtesy? As Christians, we must learn to be polite people, even though politeness and courtesy is disappearing in our modern society.

So can we learn to be more thankful? Rick Brown gives us insights on abstract prayers and the Rabbi's teaching that would help us be more thankful.

Is this even possible? Russ Lawson reminds us to say the right thing all the time.

What's the most important thing for you as a coach of your kids? Hal Runkel shares some great insights on how to develop good sportsmanship skills in our kids.

You can find God in the most unusual of places! Lisa Mikitarian shares with us an experience she had buying New Balance shoes on eBay and how the seller blessed her life in a special way.

Do you have a mental block or are you just locked in a box? Ron Rose challenges us to get out of our box of thinking in the same old ways and begin the conversation with others about God.

What can we learn from a bad Christmas shopping experience? Sometimes we get the service we suggest by the way we present ourselves to others.

Can others tell your faith through ypur speech? Russ Lawson reminds us that we can and should be considerate, comforting, and encouraging in the way we respond to others.

"Dear Disciple, I appointed My apostles as My emissaries to the world. I commissioned them to take My message everywhere to everyone. The original..."

What's the greatest answer to our prayers? Thanksgiving is the great blessing in prayer that we must always participate in.

Please pray that God will open the door to effective ministry! Phil Ware reminds us of our need for God's help to open hearts so that we can share Jesus with others.

God is faithful to us through all the seasons of our lives. He isn't a fair-weather God. Phil Ware invites us to share in prayer in all the seasons of life and especially know we have an all-season God who longs to hear our prayers, especially prayers for a change in our world's messes.

Got anybody praying for you? Everyone needs someone praying for them; this prayer is for you and we pray without ceasing!

Is an apology offered before the fact really an apology? Joey Cope describes his difficulty in dealing with someone who is critical and negative and who begins his statements with an apology.

"Dear Disciple, Sometimes people romanticize what life was like in the early church. They look past the enormous cultural challenges, relationship..."

The prayers of the Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com team pray that you have a blessed Thanksgiving! The Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com team gives thanks for you and prays you have a blessed Thanksgiving.

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!

Will you believe that giving thanks is an effective stress reduction strategy even during the stress of Thanksgiving during a pandemic? Muriel Larson, an experienced online coach and counselor, shares this clear strategy to help us deal with the stress and pressure of the holidays found throughout the Scriptures: Give thanks!

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.

Do you really believe this is a stress reduction strategy? We can find many reasons to give thanks even in difficult times.

When Luke summarized the heart of the early church, he chose to highlight one particular word — Phil Ware continues his series on prayer this week, focused on the early church's devotion to prayer that they learned from Jesus.

What is your greatest fear about the release of The Passion? The Passion of The Christ is released tomorrow, but Dave has fears that it will not be used as evangelistically as it should be.

Are all your activities getting in the way of your life? Jane Vincenzi reminds us that our lives can get so cluttered with activity that we miss God and lose out on real life.

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.

"Dear Believer, When Paul wrote to the Colossians, he was imprisoned and facing hardship because of his work for the gospel (Colossians 1:24-29;..."