Colossians 2:8-15

Prayer in response to Colossians 2:8-15

Lord Jesus, 
Thank you that in you I know God, because You are God; 
in you I am acceptable to God, because You are; 
in You I need fear no evil, because You have triumphed over it. Help me never to think I need more than you. 
Amen

In Christ Alone My Hope is Found

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLy8ksqGf9w

Psalm 89:1-2

O Lord, I will always sing of your constant love; 
I will proclaim your faithfulness forever.
I know that your love will last for all time, 
that your faithfulness is as permanent as the sky.
You said, 
I have made a covenant with the man I chose; 
I have promised my servant David
A descendant of yours will always be king; 
I will preserve your dynasty forever.

(Good News Bible)

Galations 1:10

" Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men?
If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ"
Paul is urging the  Christians in Galatia  to avoid "turning to a different gospel" which is not "the gospel of Christ". 

What is the Gospel?

God's rescue plan through Jesus! 

A Poem by Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador. Assassinated 24th March 1980

A church that doesn’t provoke any crises,
a gospel that doesn’t unsettle,
a word of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin,
a word of God that doesn’t touch the real sin
of the society in which it is being proclaimed –
what gospel is that?
Very nice, pious considerations
that don’t bother anyone,
that’s the way many would like preaching to be.
Those preachers who avoid every thorny matter
so as not to be harassed,
so as not to have conflicts and difficulties,
do not light up the world they live in.
The gospel is courageous;
it’s the good news
of him who came to take away the world’s sins.
APRIL 16, 1978
http://www.romerotrust.org.uk/documents/books/violenceoflove.pdf

Psalm 55:22

Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; 
He will never let the righteous fail.
(N.I.V.)