“Praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding” (Colossians 1:9).One of the things I have noticed, and I like, about Paul’s teachings on prayer is that he puts the focus not so much on our problems but on God’s purposes. This occurs not just in Colossians, as we have been studying recently, but also in other letters of enco...

“Do everything without complaining…” (Philippians 2:14).In case you had not noticed, the temperature has been a bit cooler in recent days. Yeah, I noticed! In fact, on Sunday, I met a couple of winter visitors in the Garden Room between services and I apologized for the cool weather while they were here. In all honesty, I think I was really just complaining over it being chilly. They laughed and s...