- Paul’s Prayer
- ‘For this reason’
- ‘To fill you with the knowledge of His will’
- Please the Lord
- Praying with Paul
- The fact of Paul’s thanksgiving (Col 1:3)
- The content of Paul’s thanksgiving (Col 1:4-8)
- Faith in Jesus Christ
- Love for all God’s people
- Hope that has come to them
- Larger work of God
- Thankfulness as the Bassline of the Christian song Col 3:15-17)
- Thankfulness and the heart of the Gospel
- Thankfulness and the nature of God
- Thankfulness and the shape of Christian ministry
- Interruption
- The Shape of Paul’s Ministry
- Suffering and Affliction
- Proclamation and Admonition
- Struggle and Labour
- Ultimate Goal
- Paul’s Ministry and Ours
- A common vision
- A common message
- A common struggle
- Reaffirmation
- Daniel – Chapter 2, Chapter 7
- Mark – Chapter 1, Chapter 2
- Implications for us:
- A call to resist
- A call to repent