In our relationship with Christ, our hearts and minds should be on heavenly things, for that is where Christ is; seated at the right hand of God. We should focus our thoughts to those which build up, not tear down, for in Christ Jesus we have died to the old nature, and we are now hidden with Christ in God. Our hope is, as we affirm in our worship, "Christ shall come again." And when He does, we too, shall appear with Him.
Our duty here and now is to put to death, and out of mind, those things that are killing us: sexual sins, impure things, lust, evil desires, our greed, which is a form of evil worship; for we know it is precisely because of these things that the wrath of God is coming.
Our lives now in Christ should be a time of preparation, of being made holy, putting away the old things that use to attract us: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language. We must be honest with each other, dressing ourselves in Christ, allowing ourselves to be renewed in our knowledge and image of our Creator. We should be in a place where there is neither Greek nor Jew, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.
COLOSSAL PRAYER: Loving God, this then, is my prayer: Clothe my nakedness with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Help me to bear with others, and to be forgiving with others as You forgave me. Let me wear love as my garment so that I can be bound to others in unity; through Christ Jesus I pray, amen.
