Building You To Last [Part 2] "Essentials of Endurance"

Pastor Daniel Cormier shares Part 2 in our new series “Building You To Last”.

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Warm-up. What has helped you most to grow spiritually?

Read Colossians 1:9-14 Ask God to bless your study.

1. Examine Paul’s definition of a life that is pleasing to God and compare it with the list of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22– 23. How does one passage help you understand the other?

2. How does Paul say the Colossians will know they are pleasing God (1:10-12)? In light of these verses, how can you know when you are pleasing God and being fruitful?

3. How is the “dominion of darkness” different from “the kingdom of the Son” (1:13-14)? (Also see Romans 6:15-23; Ephesians 2:1-7; 4:17-24.)

4. How does your experience compare with the experience of the Colossians in 1:13–14?

5. How does deepening your knowledge of God’s will (v. 9) in Scripture grant you power so that you might live to please him?

6. Share about a time when recalling a truth about God from his Word helped you endure by his strengthening power.

7. What one truth in 1:9-14 has implications for your life that you would like to concentrate on for application?

Pray daily this week for the knowledge of God’s will through spiritual wisdom and understanding to walk worthy of the Lord.