Rooted: Learning to Live from Our Identity in Christ


Sermon by David Strain on October 11, 2018 Colossians 2:6-7

“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” -Colossians 2:6-7

Please join us as we focus this year in 2018 on the following prayer priorities:

  • For true revival: that the power of the Holy Spirit would rest on the ministry of the Word that it might bear fruit in our lives; that a fresh movement of prayer and crying to God might characterize our church.
  • For deep unity around a shared vision for the glory of God and the salvation of others.
  • For the grace of self-forgetfulness: that we’d be so aware of our new identity and complete security in Christ that we’d become an increasingly hospitable and outward-facing congregation.
  • For new gospel opportunities among our neighbors, especially on the North State Street Corridor (Fondren, Belhaven, Midtown, and Downtown).
  • For creativity and boldness to make the most of gospel opportunities when they come.
  • For fresh resources of people and finance, and the risk-taking faith to deploy them well in the service of the gospel here and around the world.

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