by Susan Barnes | 19 Sep 2022 | Short Devotion
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Colossians 4:2 “May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice” (Psalm 141:2). Are our prayers like incense? Do they rise from a fire that...
by Susan Barnes | 12 Sep 2022 | Short Devotion
“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” Colossians 3:16 I don’t understand Christians...
by Susan Barnes | 29 Aug 2022 | Short Devotion
“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...
by Susan Barnes | 12 Jun 2012 | Devotions
Let your conversation be always full of grace. Colossians 4:6 Recently, I was challenged by this verse. In the space of a few weeks, I experienced several disappointments. I didn’t get the job I expected, a family member required more surgery than expected and I came...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Dec 2007 | Devotions
Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. Colossians 2:23 Paul is referring to “human commands and...
by Susan Barnes | 9 Dec 2007 | Devotions
He is the image of the invisible God. Colossians 1:15 This thought is repeated elsewhere, “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9) and again “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being”...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Apr 2006 | Devotions
“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” Colossians 3:16 The word gratitude comes from the same word as the...
