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“UHC: Be Filled, Walk Worthy, Be Strengthened, Give Thanks” - Colossians 1:3-8 Parents are always concerned for their children, no matter the age. So, we pray and teach. Pastors/Elders feel much the same way. One of the responsibilities is to protect. Do so in part by praying and teaching. 2012 Theme: “Until He Comes” - looking for Jesus to come and living according to that perspective. Until Jesus comes, we should pray for one another, teach one another, and heed the teaching of Scripture together. Colossians 1:9-14 Paul was concerned for the Colossian Church because of false teachers. So he prayed, then he taught them. I)Filled with the knowledge of God’s will - vs9 - “filled to the full” with “precise and correct knowledge” of “what God wishes to be done” (Strong’s) for us, in us, through us. - This requires wisdom and understanding, that we might know what to do with this knowledge and discern false teaching. - This knowledge, wisdom and understanding comes from the Word of God, illumined to us by the Spirit of God, who is the Spirit of Truth - John 14:17. - The will of God, according to Romans 8:29, is that we be “conformed to the image of” Jesus. If we are conformed to Christ, then we will walk worthy of Him. II)Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord - vs10. - Walk = conduct of life - Fully pleasing: A)Bearing fruit in every good work - Eph. 2:10,