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This Weeks Message

By Preacher Curt

Center of My Life

Who Christ is and what He has done for us should shape our character, guide our homes, and direct our interactions with those who do not believe.

Many Christians have the mentality that Christ-centered living means surrendering to full-time ministry or going somewhere in Africa trying to reach people with the gospel. But Scripture presents Christ-centered living in a very different way, one that is for all Christians all of the time and that affects every aspect of our lives. The following scriptures looks at some key verses in Colossians to help us understand what the Scripture says about living with Christ at he center of one’s life.

Cultivate a Christ-Centered Character (Col. 3:5-10,14-15,17)

⁵ Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. ⁶ Because of these, God’s wrath comes on the disobedient, ⁷ and you once walked in these things when you were living in them. ⁸ But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. ⁹ Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices ¹⁰ and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator.

¹⁴ Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. ¹⁵ And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful.

¹⁷ And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him

Have a Christ-Centered Home (Col. 3:18-21)

¹⁸ Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. ¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward them. ²⁰ Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. ²¹ Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

Be a Christ-Centered Witness (Col. 4:5-6)

⁵ Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. ⁶ Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.

• Every Christian’s character is to reflect Christ’s character, marked by God’s kind of love and moral purity.

• Believers are to be aware that wholesome relationships in their families demonstrate the quality of their relationship with Christ.

• In the course of daily living, Christians are to seize opportunities to tell others about Christ, and to do so thoughtfully, attractively, and graciously.

What is the most important thing in your life? Every Christian knows what the answer should be: Christ is the center of my life. I try to do what pleased Him in every aspect of my life on a daily basis. While we hope that these words are true for all of us, the difficulty is actually putting Christ-centeredness into practice. This message has considered some of the main factors that living a Christ-centered life involves, and we all need to evaluate our spiritual life involves, and we all need to evaluate our spiritual growth in these areas on a regular basis so we can improve in those areas on a regular basis so we can improve in those areas where we are falling short of God’s plan for our lives.

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