SPRINGING FROM THE HOPE STORED UP FOR YOU
Colossians 1:1-14
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel 6 that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
COME TO YOUR KING WITH EMPTY HANDS
1. Come to your King with empty hands.
Bow low before his holy throne.
There’s nothing you can bring to him
to win his favor on your own.
Count everything you have as loss.
Cling to your King! Cling to his cross!
2. You King extends his hands to you.
Come trace the scars, those lines of love.
They mark the price he paid on earth
to earn your place with him above.
Count everything you have as loss.
Cling to your King! Cling to his cross!
3. Hold fast to him with hands of faith
and press ahead to heaven’s door.
Forget your past, your only aim
to know and love him more and more.
Count everything you have as loss.
Cling to your King! Cling to his cross!
4. And if your grip of faith grows weak,
if peace departs and prayers are few,
if you cannot hold onto him,
then know your King holds onto you
Count everything you have as loss.
Cling to your King! Cling to his cross!
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