Let Christ’s Word Live In You
You
are God's chosen people. You are holy and dearly loved. So put on tender mercy
and kindness as if they were your clothes. Don't be proud. Be gentle and
patient. Put up with each other. Forgive the things you are holding against one
another. Forgive, just as the Lord forgave you.
And
over all of those good things put on love. Love holds them all together
perfectly as if they were one.
Let
the peace that Christ gives rule in your hearts. As parts of one body, you were
appointed to live in peace. And be thankful.
Let
Christ's word live in you like a rich treasure. Teach and correct each other
wisely. Sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing with thanks in your hearts
to God. Do everything you say or do in the name of the Lord Jesus. Always give
thanks to God the Father through Christ.
Colossians 3:12-17
Our
spiritual disciplines – reading God’s Word along with study or devotional
materials, prayer and worship together – should not be ends in themselves.
Instead, those actions are a means to becoming more like Christ in our actions.
Our spiritual practice should lead to having the Word of Christ dwell in us.
That will show in everything we do and say.
Bible study is not merely to inform us – it is meant to
transform us.
Our Daily Bread –