Day 3

Scripture to Read: Colossians 4:5–6

God definitely wants us to be actively sharing the gospel of Christ each day. But we must always share Christ out of a heart of compassion and kindness and not an attitude of judgment and condemnation. God had Paul write this in Colossians 4:5–6, “Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.” To walk in wisdom is to walk in full fellowship with our Lord Jesus Christ, for in Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2:3). To unpack those treasures of wisdom and knowledge, we must be in constant fellowship with our Lord and allow His Word to fill our hearts and minds (Colossians 3:16). As we walk in deep fellowship with Him, we understand how His divine power fills us (2 Peter 1:3) so that we can be used as His instruments of righteousness to share our faith in Christ with those who are still lost in their sins. As we share, we must ensure that our words are filled with God’s grace and are as savory as salt to our food. God will give us His words as we share, and He’ll give us the confidence we need to share. That is why we must also pray Ephesians 6:19–20 for ourselves and for all the saints each day, so that we are ready to be used by our Lord to share His truth in love.

Challenge & Application

Why is it important to share our faith in Christ each day with those who are still lost in their sins? According to Colossians 4:5–6, how are we to share our faith and why is this important?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

God loves it when we set intentional time aside to fellowship with Him. We must make time for this with our Lord to grow in our intimacy with Him. We must lay before His throne of grace our thanks and praise of Him, the people we are praying for, the situations/plans/schedule for our lives for that day, and to pray Scripture. God had Paul wri...

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Day 2

God had Paul mention another way to pray for ourselves and for all the saints on the face of the earth. God had Paul write in Colossians 4:3–4, “praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; 4 that I may make it...

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Day 3

God definitely wants us to be actively sharing the gospel of Christ each day. But we must always share Christ out of a heart of compassion and kindness and not an attitude of judgment and condemnation. God had Paul write this in Colossians 4:5–6, “Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. 6 Let your ...

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Day 4

As Christians, caring for one another is something we ought to do automatically because we are family. God used many individuals to minister to Paul while he was in prison, and God allowed Paul to share a little about them as he wrote this letter to the Christians in Colossae. God had Paul write this in Colossians 4:7–9, “As to all my affairs...

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Day 5

God continued to allow Paul to share about his brothers in Christ as he wrote to the Christians in Colossae. God had Paul write in Colossians 4:10–11, “Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also Barnabas’s cousin Mark (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him); 11 and also Jesus who is call...

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Day 6

God allowed Paul to return and discuss Epaphras further. Epaphras is only mentioned three times in Scripture. He is first mentioned in Colossians 1:7–8, where Paul refers to him as a faithful minister who shared the gospel of Christ with the people in Colossae. Epaphras also informed Paul and others of the love in the Spirit that the Christia...

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Day 7

God had Paul close out the letter to the Christians in Colossae with this in Colossians 4:14–18, “Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas. 15 Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house. 16 When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Lao...

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