23/05/2026
PERSEVERING FAITH💯
📖 Main Verse: Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)
"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness."
📌 I. Rooted and Built Up in Jesus 🌱
✨ Be Steadfast (Firmness): Our faith must remain stable and deeply anchored in Christ, regardless of the changing seasons around us.
✨ Grow and Nourish: True spiritual maturity requires us to constantly crave the Word—"like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation" (1 Peter 2:2).
✨ Fruitful: When we run our roots deep into the Lord, our lives naturally bear spiritual fruit (Galatians 5:22-23). We become like trees planted by the riverbank (Psalm 1:3), spreading the seeds of good deeds as a tree of life (Proverbs 11:30).
📌 II. Strengthened in Faith as Were Taught 📖
Learn more about His Word through reading: Growth begins by committing time to open up the Scriptures.
Learn, read, understand, and apply: Wisdom isn't just about gaining information; it reaches its full power when we apply what we read directly to our daily actions.
📌 III. Overflowing with Gratitude 🙏
A heart filled with gratitude is a direct sign of a healthy, maturing faith. When we focus on God’s goodness, thankfulness naturally overflows from our lives.
🎤 Speaker: Ptr. Medward Ranis