Sept 25.98: Light For The Day - "God's Chosen People"

The hardest victory is victory over self. 
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"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and
dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."
-- Colossians 3:12 (NIV)

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Colossians 3:12-17 offer a strategy to help us live
for God day by day: 

1- Imitate Christ's compassionate, forgiving attitude;
2- Let love guide your life.
3- Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart.
4- Always be thankful.
5- Keep God's Word in you at all times. 
6- Live as Jesus Christ's representative.

All the virtues that Paul encourages us to develop
are perfectly bound together by love. As we clothe
ourselves with these virtues, the last garment we
are to put on is love, which holds all of the others in
place.

To practice any list of virtues without practicing love
will lead to distortion, fragmentation, and stagnation.

-- Life Application Study Bible

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"Bear with each other and forgive whatever
grievances you may have against one another.

Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds
them all together in perfect unity. 

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as
members of one body you were called to peace.

And be thankful. 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you
teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,
and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God. 

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him."

-- Colosians 3:13-17 (NIV)