Benjamin Franklin once said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Prevention is the best medicine. That’s why many take low dosage aspirin, get cancer screenings, go in for vaccinations, and drink a lot of water.

Preventing something bad from happening is better than having it happen and then trying to deal with it.

The same can be said for the spiritual life. Proactive preventive thinking trumps reactive corrective actions.

Paul, in his letter to the church at Colosse, brings into focus some much needed preventive thinking that we can all benefit by.

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From Series: "Proactive"

This Weeks Sermon: "Ripped Off by Religion”

When Dan Kimball wrote the book, “They Like Jesus But Not The Church,” several matters were brought into focus worthy of consideration – that the church might become all that God intended for her to be and have the greatest positive impact possible in our irreligious world.

Almost 2,000 years before Dan wrote his book, the Apostle Paul addressed a similar concern in his letter to the Colossians – that the church at Colosse might not fall into religiosity.

This Sunday in our continuing message series in Colossians we come to Paul’s final proactive exhortation to a church he cared for enough to call their attention to what needed their attention. His desire was that they, and people like us, might focus on that which matters most.