Adi Pastor Mark Triscoll here at the Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, really excited

to provide for you the series of sermons based on the Book of Colossians.

It's an amazing book of the New Testament where the Apostle Paul is writing from prison

to newly planted church and we took a few months here at the Trinity Church to go verse

by verse through this book of the Bible.

I've had the honor of preaching and teaching, perhaps a few dozen books of the Bible in

my career and this is the first time I've ever been through Colossians and I'm really

excited that you can join me.

Alright, it's our last day in Colossians.

We're going to cover a lot of scripture where in Colossians 4 verses 2 through 16, I'm

not going to lie, I'm going on vacation so I got to finish it up today.

So we're going to cover a huge chunk of Colossians and it's sort of the grand finale to

Paul's great letter.

And as you're finding your place in your Bible, we learned that ministry is all about people

and what you're going to meet today is a whole number of people that are like you and

like you and like you.

They're people that are in the church, they're loving, they're serving, they're praying,

they're caring, they're giving, they're contributing and as a result Paul is going to be honoring

them.

And as we dive in, let me tell you the motive for choosing this book of the Bible.

We tend to go through books of the Bible, that's kind of what I like to do.

But what I was particularly drawn to this book for was the fact it was written to a brand

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