will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the holy and faithful brothers and

sisters in Christ at Colosse:

Grace and peace to you from God our

Father.

We always thank God, the Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

because we have heard of the love you

have for all the saints- 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

(Best News Ever) 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.

You learned it from Epaphras, our dear

fellow servant, who s a faithful minister

of Christ on our behalf, and who also

told us of your love in the Spirit.

For this reason, since the day we

heard about you, we have not

stopped praying for you and asking

God to fill you with the knowledge of

His will through all spiritual wisdom

and understanding.

And we pray this in order that you may

live a life worthy of the Lord and may

please Him in every way:

bearing fruit in every good work,

growing in the knowledge of God,

being strengthened with all power

according to His glorious might so

that you may have great endurance

and patience, and joyfully giving

thanks to the Father Who has

qualified you to share in the

inheritance of the saints in the

kingdom of light.

For He has rescued us from the

dominion of darkness and brought us

into the kingdom of the Son He loves,

in Whom we have redemption, the

forgiveness of sins.

He is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn over all creation.

For by Him all things were created:

things in heaven and on earth,

visible and invisible, whether thrones

or powers or rulers or authorities;

all things were created by Him and for Him.

He is before all things, and in Him all things

hold together.

And He is the head of the body, the church;

He is the beginning and firstborn from among

the dead, so that in everything He might have

the supremacy. For God was pleased to have

all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him

to reconcile to Himself all things, whether

things on earth or things in heaven, by making

peace through His blood, shed on the cross.

(Colossians 1.1-20).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

Jesus Christ is our righteousness. He is our Redeemer. He is our justification and sanctification.

He is our Light and Life, our peace and reconciliation, our wisdom and power. He is our Freedom.

He gives us faith to believe in Him. Faith comes from hearing the Word of God. The Gospel is the

power of God to save  everyone who believes.

HALLELUJAH! PRAISE THE LORD JESUS!