Col 1:18 KJV

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Col 118 (KJV) And he is the head of the body,
the church who is the beginning, the firstborn
from the dead that in all things he might have
the preeminence.
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Honor is to move beyond lip service and religious
rote to a change of heart that leads to willing
obedience that is based on the revelation of
Gods word in my life.
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Stewardship of Life ...
1. Spiritual Realm
2. Soulish Realm
3. Physical Realm
4. Financial Realm
5. Relational Realm
6. Social Realm
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1 Thes. 16-7 (NASB) You also became imitators
of us and of the Lord, having received the word
in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy
Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all
the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
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The Problem Four Little Words ...
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Matt 1617-18 (NLT) 17 Jesus replied, You are
blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in
heaven has revealed this to you. You did not
learn this from any human being. 18 Now I say to
you that you are Peter (which means rock), and
upon this rock I will build my church, and all
the powers of hell will not conquer it.
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Col 124-25 (NIV) 24 Now I rejoice in what was
suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what
is still lacking in regard to Christ's
afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is
the church. 25 I have become its servant by the
commission God gave me to present to you the word
of God in its fullness
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Eph 219-21 (amp) Therefore you are no longer
outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded
from the rights of citizens), but you now share
citizenship with the saints (God's own people,
consecrated and set apart for Himself)
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20 You are built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself
the chief Cornerstone. 21 In Him the whole
structure is joined (bound, welded) together
harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow,
increase) into a holy temple in the Lord a
sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to
the presence of the Lord.
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Rev 110-12 (NLT) 10 It was the Lords Day, and
I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard
behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast. 11
It said, Write in a book everything you see,
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and send it to the seven churches in the cities
of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis,
Philadelphia, and Laodicea. 12 When I turned to
see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lamp
stands.
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Rev 120 (NLT) This is the meaning of the
mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right
hand and the seven gold lamp stands The seven
stars are the angels of the seven churches, and
the seven lamp stands are the seven churches.
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John 812 (KJV) Then spake Jesus again unto
them, saying, I am the light of the world he
that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life.
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Phil 214-15 (NLT) Do everything without
complaining and arguing, 15 so that no one can
criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as
children of God, shining like bright lights in a
world full of crooked and perverse people.
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Matt 514-15 (NLT) 14 You are the light of the
worldlike a city on a hilltop that cannot be
hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it
under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a
stand, where it gives light to everyone in the
house.
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I Pet 25 (NKJV) 5 you also, as living stones,
are being built up a spiritual house, a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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I Pet 29-10 (NKJV) 9 But you are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim the
praises of Him who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light
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10 who once were not a people but are now the
people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now
have obtained mercy.