Sermons on Colossians 3:12-25:

Sing Your Hearts Out

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Apr 17, 2006

Christ is risen. As Eugene Peterson says, now is the time to "Let the Word of Christ...have run of the house...And sing...your hearts out to God.

Sing Your Hearts Out Colossians 3:16 Easter Sunday April 16, 2006 This morning, for the fifty-second time in my life, I woke up on Easter morning. For the fifty-second time, I have come to worship on a day when the familiar stories are heard. For the fifty-second time in my life, I am ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:16

Denomination: Methodist

Do You Charge To Forgive?

Contributed by Debra Klein on Jun 5, 2006

This sermon talks about the importance of forgiving others and the dangers of not forgiving.

Do You Charge to Forgive? Colossians 3:12-13 & Matthew 6:14-15 There was a time in Arizona that I had been feeling really uncomfortable about something, but I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was. For about a month I was irritated with everything and everybody around me. Then one morning I woke ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:12-13

Denomination: Church Of God

Grace-Driven Authenticity Series

Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jun 12, 2006

From a series on our church’s Core Values.

Trinity Baptist Church April 2, 2006 True Values: Grace Driven Authenticity Colossians 3:12-17 Philip Yancey wrote: "Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it and I am one of those people. I think back to whom I was -- resentful, wound tight with anger, a single hardened link ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Let The Peace Of God Rule In Your Heart

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Feb 10, 2005

This was a seminar conducted at the National Auxilary Meeting of the Original Glorious Church of God in Christ of the Apstolic Faith. The theme was "Let the peace of God rule in your Heart. That night my sister died I had to let the peace of God rule in

Praise the Lord. I am truly glad you decided to view this message. This is a testimony that I want to share with you. I taught this lesson on a Saturday afternoon during this assembly that night around 11:30 p.m. my only sistered died. I really didn’t understand what God was doing in my life ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:15

Denomination: Apostolic

What Are You Wearing?

Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 16, 2005

The Apostle Paul painted a picture for me with his words and I hope to paint the same picture for you today. I got the picture of sewing together the clothing of Christ. He says to ’clothe ourselves’ with different elements that follow the pattern of Ch

What are You Wearing? Colossians 3:12-14 INTRODUCTION The Bible is filled with Word pictures that explain to us spiritual truths. There are obvious word pictures that the author intends us to see and then perhaps there are others that we may see as we read. A great example of a word picture that ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:12-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Every Born Again Person Should Be Doing Until Jesus Comes?

Contributed by Phil Dyar on Feb 21, 2005

THE PEOPLE OF GOD NEED TO BE ABOUT THE LORDS WORK TO MANY ARE WHINNING, WONDERING ,WASTING OUTLINE, WHAT EVERY BORN AGAIN PERSON SHOULD BE DOING UNTIL JESUS COMES.

TEXT COLOSSIANS 3:17-23 (LETS READ) LETS NOTE THE WORD DO IN VERSE 17 ALSO VERSE 23 V.17AND WHATSOEVER YE DO IN WORD OR DEED DO ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS ,GIVING THANKS TO GOD AND THE FATHER BY HIM. V.23 AND WHATSOEVER YE DO,DO IT HEARTILY ,AS TO THE LORD,AND NOT UNTO MEN. TITLE ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:17-23

Let It Happen In Your Heart

Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 12, 2005

The outside of my life should match my heart. I think this is one of the lessons that we Christians miss most of all in our efforts to be like Jesus. Many times we can talk a good game or know the right places to be, but our heart is truly what God look

LET IT HAPPEN IN YOUR HEART Colossians 3:15-17 INTRODUCTION The Apostle Paul tells us that when we put on the characteristics of Christ (mentioned in verses 12-14) that it should demonstrate itself in several ways. Paul says that these characteristics of Christ should not be just on the inside ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:15-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Effective Leadership Requires Complete Involvement Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Mar 16, 2005

A look at another building block necessary for effective leadership.

Involvement is an area that really weighs heavy upon our minds. Let’s face it, a church leader or even an active Christian has to do a balancing act. In CS Lewis’ book the Screwtape Letters a senior demon by the name of Screwtape offers his nephew Wormwood some advice on how to tempt the human ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:23-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Urgent, Wounded, Healed

Contributed by Ernest Corty on Mar 22, 2005

Seeking restoration in an urgent and repentive way is a message that is not taught very often today!

One of the stories that is rarely told in regards to the Titanic is the story of John Harper. I guess it would not be dramatic enough for Hollywood! Perhaps there isn’t enough promiscuity or infamy in his story. Harper was born into a Christian family in May of 1872. He became a Christian at 13 ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:13

Denomination: Church Of God

Building A Godly Family

Contributed by Jon Miller on Aug 6, 2005

This Sermon teaches how to have a Godly Family in an Ungodly World

Building A Godly Family In the last 50 years we have witnessed the American Family disintegrate In 1950, about one out of every 20 children born in this country was born to an unmarried woman -- and there were very few abortions. By 1990, more than one out of every 4 children was born to an ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:16-20

An Approved Father

Contributed by Donato Solano on Aug 20, 2005

To perform biblical description of a father is to be an approved Father by God.

INTRODUCTION What do people mean when they give a two-thumbs up sign? That means approval to what you are doing or what you have become? A FATHER’S PRAYER Lord, I need your special care. Like your earthly father, Joseph, I want to do God’s will, even if I may not always understand. Make me ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:18-21

Denomination: Baptist

Biblical Christianity: The Centrality Of Christ Series

Contributed by Dan Cale on Aug 22, 2005

This is the second of a 4 part series comparing the early church of Acts 1-5 to today. This message looks at the idea of making Christ the center of our lives and the things that keep us from it.

Biblical Christianity Pt 2 ¡V The Centrality of Christ Colossians 3:1-17 Acts 2:43-47 - Acts 4:31-35 Tell me this morning ¡V do these passages describe the church of the 21st Century? Is it ok that we don¡¦t look like the early church? Is that alright with you? I confess as I did last week that I ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-17

Denomination: *other

Expressions Of Worship Series

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 23, 2005

I would propose to you that God wants you to worship Him in spirit and truth. He longs to deliver His people from the religious bondage that comes from legalism, traditionalism, denominationalism and faddism. Our Lord longs for His church to look into G

Turn your Bibles to Colossians 3:16 Title: Expressions of Worship Theme: Connecting with God in the Song Service “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Thoughts About Labor Day

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Sep 6, 2005

Christian values effect the way employers and employees interact.

Thoughts About Labor Day I Thess. 4:11 & II Thess. 3:10-12 INTRO: I think Labor Day is a kind of strange holiday. While we call it "Labor Day," we try to do as little labor as possible and most working people have the day off. I don’t recall anyone wishing me a "happy labor day" or sending me a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:11, Genesis 2:15, Colossians 3:22-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Does God Care What I Wear? Series

Contributed by Kirtes Calvery on Sep 11, 2005

Modesty is a way of thinking more than a way of dressing: a way of thinking about one’s identity, one’s loyalties, and one’s love for God and others.

Does God Care What I Wear? Sept. 11, 2005 Key Text---Colossians 3:1-14 The Message 1 So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. 2 Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-14

Denomination: Baptist