…set your sights on the realities of heaven,

where Christ sits in the place of honor

at God’s right hand.

Think about the things of heaven,

not the things of earth. 

…your real life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:1-3

Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies

and high-sounding nonsense

that come from human thinking

and from the spiritual powers of this world,

rather than from Christ.

For in Christ lives all the fullness of God

in a human body.

…And this is the secret:  

Christ lives in you…

Colossians 2:8-9; 1:27

…you have received the Holy Spirit,

and he lives within you,

so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true.

For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know,

and what he teaches is true—

it is not a lie.

So just as he has taught you,

remain in fellowship with Christ.

1 John 2:27

…the word of the LORD holds true,

and we can trust everything he does.

Psalm 33:4

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven

is like a merchant 

on the lookout for choice pearls.

When he discovered a pearl of great value,

he sold everything he owned

and bought it!

Matthew 13:45-46

…you who were once far away from God.

You were his enemies,

separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.

Yet now he has reconciled you to himself

through the death of Christ in his physical body.

As a result,

he has brought you into his own presence,

you are holy and blameless as you stand before him

without a single fault.

Colossians 1:21-23

He existed before anything else,

and he holds all creation together.

Colossians 1:17

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.

He existed before anything was created

and is supreme over all creation,

for through him God created everything

in the heavenly realms and on earth.

He made the things we can see

and the things we can’t see—

such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities

in the unseen world.

Everything was created through him and for him.

Colossians 1:15-16

…We ask God to give you 

complete knowledge of his will

and to give you spiritual wisdom

and understanding.

Colossians 1:9

…everything else is worthless 

when compared with the infinite value 

of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord…

Philippians 3:8