Saturday, October 18, 2014

Let It Dwell

Colossians 3:16
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.
We have trouble living in peace alone, and this is why here in this passage we are encouraged to encourage others to “let” the message of Christ live in us richly!
How can we do this?
Psalms: There are 150 chapters of them, and they’re amazingly full of the angst we all feel with the pressures of life, and then the joy that comes from praising Him.
Hymns: These are celebratory songs of the goodness of God, and there are plenty of them on YouTube or Spotify or all sorts of places!  Play them, and share them!
Songs from the Spirit: These are instantaneous songs that God inspires in our hearts – songs of hope and faith – and they may only include a line or two – but they’re powerful.  Sing them!

And we can do these three things with gratitude for knowledge that Christ dwells in us, and he is our hope and shield, our peace and ruler over all that concerns us, and over all that concerns those that we love.

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