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You can believe the right things about Jesus and still keep Him boxed into a few safe corners of your life. Today we sit in Colossians 3 and let Paul press on the real issue: Jesus does not want to be part of our lives. He wants to be Lord over all of it, because every area submitted to Christ is an area where we can finally live free.

We read the chapter slowly and talk through what it means to “set your sights on the realities of heaven” while still living in a loud, complicated world. Paul names the sins we tend to excuse, then shows why the gospel is not legalism and it is not cheap grace. Grace saves us from sin, not so we can keep it, and conviction becomes a gift that keeps us close to God instead of numb and drifting.

Then Colossians 3 turns practical with everyday Christian living: mercy, patience, forgiveness, love, peace, gratitude, worship, and words that represent Jesus well. We also touch marriage, parenting, and work, including the warning to fathers not to discourage their children and the call to work sincerely as if we are serving Christ. If you have been compartmentalizing faith, this is a gentle but direct reset toward real spiritual growth and sanctification.

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