Colossians 1: 3-6
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints— the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.
I will never forget the feeling I had walking through Canary Wharf in the financial district in London last year watching workers take down the Lehman Brothers sign. Having worked for two major openly traded banks and a private brokerage it amazed me that such a massive and wealthy company could collapse so fast! One week I was sharing my faith in the courtyard eyed by their security officers in their long black coats and fedoras and the next week movers were coming out of the building with boxes… They weren’t the only ones coming down during the “credit crunch” and it was a little scary.
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