In The Beginning - The Everyday Stuff: Part 2 - Colossians 3:12-17

Contemporary Service

Special - The Jesus Way

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Welcome

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Worship - Less Like Me

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                This Is Our God

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                Lord I Need You

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Table Prayer

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Teaching - In The Beginning - The Everyday Stuff: Part 2 - Colossians 3:12-17

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Closing Song - How Great Is Our God

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Traditional Service

Prelude

 

Call To Worship - Choir - God Is So Good - 193

 

Hymn - Love Lifted Me - 508

 

Blessing Of Tithes And Offerings, Doxology

 

Welcome And Announcements - Arden Harner - Worship Leader

 

Joys And Concerns

 

Hymn - I Am Thine O Lord - 552

 

Sermon - In The Beginning - The Everyday Stuff: Part 2 - Colossians 3:12-17

 

Closing Hymn - People Need The Lord - 445

 

Carrying The Light To The World

 

Benediction

Sermon Outline

The Everyday Stuff: Part 2 - 6/14/26

 

Colossians 3:12–17

 

I. Nobody told me...

a. Nobody warned me that most of marriage is just... regular life.

b. A lot of us walk into marriage with a highlight reel in our heads.

c. Most of marriage happens on a Tuesday afternoon at 5:47.

d. Healthy marriages aren’t built in the big moments.

 

II. Friction Points

a. Colossians 3:12–17

b. #1: Communication

c. Communication is the lifeblood of a marriage.

d. Most of us are not actually listening. We’re waiting to talk.

e. James 1:19 “...Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak...

f. Before you say something, ask yourself — Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

g. #2: Money

h. Financial conflict is one of the top two or three marital stressors

i. Control. Fear. Values. What do we actually think is important?

j. Transparency and Shared Vision

k. Biblical Stewardship as a Team

l. #3: Intimacy

m. Intimacy has three dimensions — physical, emotional, and spiritual.

n. Physical Intimacy and busyness.

o. Emotional Intimacy - known and knowing

p. Spiritual Intimacy

q. Praying together.

r. Reading Scripture together.

s. Talking about what God is doing in each of your lives.

t. Worshipping together

u. Serving together.

 

III. Colossians 3 as the daily operating system

a. Clothe yourselves with these things: Compassion. Kindness. Humility. Gentleness. Patience.

b. That’s the model for marriage.

c. Verse 17: “Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.”

 

IV. Application for singles

a. These are not just marital skills. These are relational skills.

b. Marriage doesn’t create character — it reveals it.

c. If you want to be a great spouse someday — start practicing being a great human being today