Volume 7:10 The Power of the Gospel to Change Lives!

Key Verse:This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives Galations 1: 6a NLT

The Apostle Paul in writing to encourage the Colossians begins by talking about the fact that the Good News of the Gospel is changing lives everywhere including the lives of the Colossian Christians.

The Good News Changes Lives!
6 This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.

The evidence of their changed lives is the love that they have for others:

Evidence of Changed Lives: Love for Others
7 You learned about the Good News from Epaphras, our beloved co-worker. He is Christ’s faithful servant, and he is helping us on your behalf.[b] 8 He has told us about the love for others that the Holy Spirit has given you.


Paul lets the Colossian saints know that he is praying for them.

Praying for Exemplary, Fruitful Lives
9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. (Galations 1:6-9) NLT

Prayer: Lord let me never forget the power of the Gospel to change the lives of the people around me. Lord I submit to you will and way in my life that you would continue the work that you have begun in me. Help me to see any ways in which I have not cooperated with the work you want me to do in my life. Lord I pray my life and the lives of the saints in my life would be a Godly example and the we would bear much fruit to your glory!
In Jesus Name! Amen!