April 6, 2025: Take Them and Learn to Run - Colossians 1.0

Pastor Nicole now has us in the book of Colossians for a continuation of the theme on how to run the race well so that we can finish the race well. She shared her first three points from the first chapter, giving us time to stop and listen to the Holy Spirit for our own lives. Pastor Nicole said she doesn't want us to just give us more information...she wants us to have an encounter with the Holy Spirit!

1. Run the race out of who God says I am (not who the enemy says I am.) We will tend to stop our race if we agree with the enemy rather than aligning with our God given identity.

2. Pray for others through thankfulness (never separate prayer from thankfulness.) We need to use a lens of thankfulness. It helps us to see what God is doing rather than just seeing what is going on around us.

3. Know that we have access through our Heavenly inheritance, Faith in Jesus Christ, and a Love for all God's people. If we are hopeless and feeling like nothing will ever change, then we are operating on the strength of our own human love and faith. But God has SUPERNATURAL love and faith for us to live in! Thank you, Lord!

The three questions Pastor Nicole led us through launch us from being "hearers only," to giving us the opportunity to cooperate with how the Holy Spirit is leading us in our individual lives to run our race well.