OCTOBER 28 - CHRIST IS SUPREME
READ Colossians 1
Christ is the image of the invisible God and the Head of the church.
INSIGHT
On the surface, it is pretty difficult to explain why you believe in God. No one has seen Him face-to-face, touched Him, or smelled Him, yet His fingerprints are everywhere. You must get beneath the surface where the intangible becomes tangible. God is made visible through Jesus Christ. Paul writes that Jesus is “the image of the invisible God” (v. 15). If you want to know about God, learn about Jesus. If you want to see God, look at Jesus. If you want to please God, follow Jesus. He is God in the flesh!
PRAYER
Praise God that He came to us in the person of Jesus Christ:
Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who lives in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe because of the works themselves. “Truly I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified in the Son (John 14:10-13).
Pause for praise and thanksgiving. Pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge. By professing it, some people have departed from the faith. Grace be with you all (1 Timothy 6:20-21).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind, and pray this affirmation to the Lord:
God will bring this about in his own time. He is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see, to him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
(1 Timothy 6:15-16).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:
Finally, offer this prayer to the Lord:
No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side — he has revealed him (John 1:18).
Christ is the image of the invisible God and the Head of the church.
INSIGHT
On the surface, it is pretty difficult to explain why you believe in God. No one has seen Him face-to-face, touched Him, or smelled Him, yet His fingerprints are everywhere. You must get beneath the surface where the intangible becomes tangible. God is made visible through Jesus Christ. Paul writes that Jesus is “the image of the invisible God” (v. 15). If you want to know about God, learn about Jesus. If you want to see God, look at Jesus. If you want to please God, follow Jesus. He is God in the flesh!
PRAYER
Praise God that He came to us in the person of Jesus Christ:
Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who lives in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe because of the works themselves. “Truly I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified in the Son (John 14:10-13).
Pause for praise and thanksgiving. Pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge. By professing it, some people have departed from the faith. Grace be with you all (1 Timothy 6:20-21).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind, and pray this affirmation to the Lord:
God will bring this about in his own time. He is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see, to him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
(1 Timothy 6:15-16).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:
- Spiritual discipline
- Strength for those ministering God’s Word in China
- Your activities for the day
Finally, offer this prayer to the Lord:
No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side — he has revealed him (John 1:18).
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