God Has a Plan For Us based on Colossians 1:1-14

I. Introduction to Colossians and 1:3-5.

Colossians 1:3-5 “We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. ”

II. Bible examples on human plans gone wrong.

III. Paul, Law, Gospel and Colossians 1:13-14.

Colossians 1:13-14 “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

IV. Story about farmer’s helper and sleep when wind blows.

V. God’s plan in Jesus gives us rest.

VI. Titanic and lifeboat #14.

VII. Circling lifeboats vs. Jesus our Lifeboat.

VIII. Concluding prayer in Colossians 1:9-12.

Colossians 1:9-12 “asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.”