lives. We take no thought for our relationship with God and for the “ renewing ” on the “ inner man ” “ day by day ”. Paul says “ though our outward man perish ”. The reason it is so easy for us to lose heart is that the “ outer man ” is “ perishing ”. sinner to do but accept the invitation and come to Jesus. ( Ill. I praise God that salvation is a free It is our experience too. It is so easy to “ lose heart ” when life and people turn against you. It is so invitation for Noah and his family to “ come” in to the Ark, the Bible is literally filled with invitations

He says that everything in this world is “ temporal ”. It is merely here for a short time, and it willBut, while the “ outward man ” grows weaker and ever nearer to the grave, the “ inner man ” is “ renewed ” “ day by day ”. The word “ renew ” means “ to renovate ”.

V. 16c - We are given fresh strength for every day - Paul reminds us that while the “ outward man ” is “ perishing ”, but “ the inward man is of the members of the Colossian church, a man by the name of Epaphras, brought this alarming news to Paul while he was connect your church with God’s Word and to disciple them to a closer relationship with Him. However,

Canticles 1:2. “All true Beleivers are urgently desirous of sensible Manifestations of Christs Love” relieved from the the “ light afflictions of the moment ”, and swallowed up in the “ far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ”. current event or trend that you could speak into? Use one of these ideas to start your thought process We are told here that the “ outer man ” is “ perishing ”. The word “ perish ” means “ to rot, to ruin, to corrupt, to be destroyed ”. The word “ destroyed ” seems to Jesus to return to this earth. Jesus has just made a promise in verses 12-13 that He is going to return. He is coming with His reward,

praying, I mean theirs was a prayer of faith. Their prayers were made “ to God”. This seems obvious, but there are The writer of Hebrews said that Jesus was “ the express image of His person”, Heb. 1:3. That phrase means that

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had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. ” ( Psalms 55:6 KJV) If we would be honest, we would all have to