Build yourself; build people.

Build yourself; build the people around you. God will then use you and others to build what He wants to build—in, through, and around you.”

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Making the most of every minute

“Live wisely… make the most of every opportunity.”

Colossians 4:5 NIV

Redeem the time for which you are living for each minute of our lives are a matter of life or death: each minute is our choice – we choose to live or die.

The fullness of Christ within

“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ who is the head over every power and authority.”

-         Colossians 2:9

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Hence, with Christ living in you, you have the power and authority to conquer, defeat, trample and obliterate all falsity from the devil and from the world.

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Stay within limits

“Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of the world, why… do you submit to its rules: Do not handle… taste… touch?  These are all destined to perish with use because they are based on human commands and teachings…”

-Colossians 2:20-22 MSG

Stay within the limits of the Word of God and the Word of God alone.  Anything outside of it, anything added to it, or anything made up in regards to it, is simply a waste of your time and of your precious life.

Don't waste a second

“Pray diligently.  Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude… Make the most of every opportunity…” 

-Colossians 4:2-6 MSG

In a nutshell: Make the most out of your life – don’t waste a single second of it.

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Are you serious about living?

"So, if you're serious about living this new resurrection with Christ, act like it. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ.  Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life, is with Christ in God."

-Adapted from Colossians 3: 1-4 MSG

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If you aren’t living HIM, then...

“... You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him...” 

Colossians 2:6-7 MSG

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If you aren’t living Him, then you aren’t living.

Dead-ends and dark alleys.

”God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons.  He’s set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son who got us out of the pit were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating.” 

-Colossians 1:13-13 MSG

In Christ there is no darkness, no dead-ends, no dark alleys, no dungeons.  No, there is light, help, healing, joy, completeness, favor and fearlessness.  Therefore if you are seeing darkness, then somewhere along the way you lost sight of God - it’s time to turn and run to him in humility, with all fervor and haste. Open your heart to him and he will open his arms to you.  He is with you and waiting patiently for you to find him - seek him and you will see him; seek him and you will find him.

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Christ in you - the hope of Glory

”... To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

-Colossians 1:28-29

You are special, you are needed!  My friend, you are a replica of Christ.  When the world looks at you they see, (whether they know it or not), the light of Christ - the hope of glory.  Therefore,never discount who you are, how you look, where you came from, your education, etc., because this darkened world needs you ... they need Christ Jesus!

Set your mind

“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” 

– Col. 3:2

In other words: 

Set your mind on life, not death; set your mind on light not darkness; set your mind on victory, not defeat; and, mostly, set your mind on love, not hate!  

Set your mind and keep it set on God!

God reigns! God wins!

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through 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 the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

-Colossians 1:15-18 NIV

Hence: When all is said, done, argued over, debated, discussed, etc., God reigns! God wins!

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