peace to live by

And Being Thankful, Part 2 (TMF:2823)

Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Peace to Live By: And Being Thankful, Part 2 (TMF:2823) - Daniel Litton
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       Being in American society, where most of us are already wealthy to a certain degree, at least compared with most parts of the rest of the world, it can be easy to just understand our new relationship with God as having ‘spiritual benefits’ but not much else. Perhaps it has brought us a new church family, but perhaps we were already part of the church when we were saved. For the Colossians, there was no church family before. There weren’t those around with the common beliefs in Christ and the love that brings about for each other. There weren’t the benefits that come from being involved in that group. The average American has many, many churches to pick from, and no real commitment is even required a lot of times. Churches serve people from various different directions. Indeed, for us, it can be easy to take it the sum total of this for granted, and lose the real spirit of thankfulness that we are supposed to have as a church body. And Paul is going to come back to a way to practice this thankfulness in a minute.