We're looking at Paul's letter to the Colossians, chapter 1, verses 9 through 14.

You'll find it in your pew Bible on page 1168, 1168.

And as I always do, I want to encourage you, in fact, even stronger than that, challenge you to have your Bibles open, not just now as the text is read, but as it is explained, so that we can...

Well, we can not only hear, but also see what God is saying to us in his word.

And you may also be able to respond in unison at appropriate times when we want to highlight certain things in the text.

Also, I draw your attention to the heading, which of course is not part of the original Bible, but above there you see the heading Thanksgiving and Prayer.