Howdy, 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 a 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.

So this fall, Grace and I will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary

and in the early years of our marriage,

meaning the first 20 years,

we had this ongoing disagreement

and we would react differently to circumstances.

And I know what you're thinking,

it must have been Grace's fault, of course,

but no need to camp on that point moving right along.

We would have this disagreement because a hard time

would come, suffering trial, difficulty, tough season,

and grace would be more joyful and optimistic and hopeful.

And she would say like, well, look at what God's doing or, you know, we're going to be

okay or God's going to use this or he's going to show up or he's going to take care of us and I would say no he's not I was more thinking like puddle glum and eor were like good disciples for me

everything's just bad and going to get worse.

And because Grace had this philosophy

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