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Living Hope

How do we learn to want what God gives?

Vitaliy Kravchenko · Colossians 1:9–14 · Oct 13, 2025

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The main point

A life pleasing to the Lord endures by His strength and overflows with thanks.

About this message

The believers in Colossae were young in the faith, living in a city full of competing ideas and teachers promising secret wisdom, and Paul prays for them. Vitaliy Kravchenko walks through Colossians 1:9-14 to show that a life pleasing to the Lord grows, endures, and gives thanks. God strengthens His people by His own glorious might to persevere with patience and joy, and gratitude flows from knowing He has qualified, rescued, and forgiven them.

For anyone who is worn out from trying to hold it together.

This summary was written with the help of AI from the sermon recording. The sermon itself carries the full message, so please take time to listen to it all.

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