It is natural to want to leave a bad environment for somewhere better. But we have some examples in the Old Testament of those who stayed in bad spiritual environments but remained faithful anyway. We also look at the motive for staying or leaving.

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How can we have confidence in our salvation when we recognize that we have not yet reached perfection in our walk with Christ?

This lesson is to encourage everyone going through difficult times. There is good that comes from difficulties and we can be faithful through them all.

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Introduction It was around 400 years from the time of the first king in Israel to the time of the Babylonian captivity. If you count when God was the king before Saul was anointed, you have about 900 years of the kingdom of Israel or Judah. It would not be hard to think that this kingdom would truly last forever. But then the captivity happened. The temple was destroyed. The nation was truly and fully conquered.

Our text today is Colossians 3:1-11. What does it mean that Christ is our life? How is He all and in all? We will look at this idea in this first of two lessons on this text.

Why Are We Here? Why did God make us? This the first lesson in a series on the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Why do we choose to sin when we know it is wrong? We look here at the basic motivation for sin--we feel like we are missing something.

Something we must do every day, no matter how old we are, what our social position is, or where we live is make decisions. Some of these decisions are more important than others. Deciding what to eat for supper is usually not as important as deciding what job to take. But no matter how important the decision or what the decision is about, we should make it in the same way - with the same goal in mind.

Do you read the Bible every day? What about maybe 3 days a week? Do you only read it when you are at church? I know of a number of people who leave their Bibles at the church building where they attend. While some may have other Bibles they use during the week, it is often a sign that they do not read at all during the week. Does that describe you?