Have you ever found yourself following a map only to recognize that you are completely off course? This is what Paul means when he says we were once alienated from God. We were not even in the same zip code. Christ has done tremendous work in that what we were once not..we now are. We are reconciled to God through Christ.

[Colossians 1.21-23]

1.21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

[ WHAT ] is this passage saying and what is a key truth or thought that we learn?

+ Who was once alienated?

+ How did Christ reconcile believers in his body of flesh?

+ How does Christ want to present believers?

[ HOW ] is the Lord calling me to action/obedience?

+ Is there sin to confess or a next step to take? How has it gone since last time?

[ WHO ] am I walking with and praying for to discover Jesus?

+ What is my next step?