The Upward Call: The Teaching Ministry of Colonial Church

When God calls us to serve, we must surrender completely, depend daily on His Spirit, and step forward in faith, trusting that He will empower us for every task He assigns. 1 Kings 19:19–21; 2 Kings 2:7–15. 7-5-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Because God meets His people in discouragement with His presence, His voice, and His purpose, believers must remember His past faithfulness, reject the lies of discouragement, receive His Word, and continue walking in faithful obedience. 1 Kings 19:1–5a, 11–18. 6-28-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Because God alone is worthy of worship and devotion, believers must reject divided loyalties, recognize the emptiness of idols, and surrender wholeheartedly to Him in faithful obedience. 1 Kings 18:20–26, 36–39. 6-21-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

When life brings pain, confusion, or circumstances beyond our control, God invites us to fight our battles through persistent, dependent prayer. 1 Kings 17:17-24. 6-14-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

When seasons of loss, uncertainty, and insufficiency reveal our need, God teaches us to trust His leading, depend on His provision, and rest in His daily faithfulness, knowing that He is always enough. 1 Kings 17:7–16. 6-7-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Faithful believers must courageously stand against a culture that opposes God by speaking His truth boldly, resisting compromise, and trusting His provision as they walk in obedient dependence upon Him. 1 Kings 16:29–33; 17:1–6. 5-31-24. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Because God faithfully answers the prayers of His people according to His covenant love, believers should respond with wholehearted worship, specific gratitude, public testimony, humility, renewed trust, and continued prayer. Psalm 138:1-8. 5-24-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Confession of sin—marked by asking God to forgive, cleanse, and restore—removes the barrier between us and Him, renewing our fellowship and restoring the joy of salvation. Matthew 6:12-13; Psalm 51:1-7,10-12. 5-17-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

In “The Petition of Prayer,” Jesus models intercessory prayer by teaching believers to pray for one another’s protection, sanctification, and unity so that the church may stand strong together as a loving witness to a broken world. Matthew 6:11b; John 17:11-23. 5-10-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Because God permits our needs, hears our prayers, and answers in His perfect wisdom, we can depend on Him daily and trust Him to provide. Isaiah 38:1-6,15-17; Matthew 6:11. 5-3-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

True prayer fulfills its purpose when believers humbly surrender their will, their lives, and their plans to God—aligning themselves with His authority and purposes rather than seeking to impose their own. Matthew 6:10-11a; James 4:6-10,13-17. 4-26-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Because God alone is supremely great and worthy, believers are called to honor His holy name in prayer by seeing His greatness, sounding His praise, and surrendering their lives fully to His glory. Matthew 6:9b; Psalm 96:1-9. 4-19-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Because God reveals Himself as a loving Father, compassionate Redeemer, and sovereign King, a right view of His character transforms our prayers into God-centered expressions of trust, worship, and dependence. Matthew 6:9a; Psalm 103:1-5,11-13,19-22. 4-12-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Because Jesus conquered sin, death, and the world through the cross and resurrection, believers can face life’s sorrows with confidence, live with courageous faith, and rest in a joy that nothing can take away. John 16:19–22, 27–33. 4-5-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. https://youtu.be/-pjLmfynHs4

Jesus prepares His followers to expect persecution from a world opposed to God, understand its root in rejecting Christ, and stand firm in faith when suffering comes for His name. John 15:18-25, 16:1-4a. 3-29-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Because Jesus invites believers to abide in His love, they are empowered to reflect His sacrificial love to others and reproduce lasting spiritual fruit that advances His mission. John 15:9–17. 3-22-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

When life becomes uncertain or unsettling, believers strengthen their trust in Jesus by following Him as the Way, relying on His promises as the Truth, and finding lasting meaning and hope in Him as the Life. John 13:36–14:7. 3-15-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

In the shadow of Judas’ betrayal at the Last Supper, Jesus reveals that true loyalty to Him is not proven by outward claims but by honestly confronting our own capacity for disloyalty, embracing the cross as God’s supreme display of glory, and living out a costly, Christlike love that visibly marks us as His disciples. John 13:21-27,31-35. 3-8-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchur...

Because Jesus—fully secure in His divine identity—humbled Himself to cleanse us, true discipleship is revealed when we receive His cleansing grace and then take up the towel to serve others sacrificially, even when it is unseen and costly. John 13:3–10,14–16. 3-1-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Eternal life is God’s promised future in which He makes all things new—dwelling with His redeemed people forever in a restored creation marked by His presence, the removal of sin and death, and the joyful privilege of worshiping, serving, and reigning with Christ. Revelation 21:1-8; 22:1-5. 2-22-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

What is faith, really? Is it blind belief? Positive thinking? Ignoring doubt? Part 5 of “Christanese: The Language of Faith” looks to Hebrews 11 to identify the true definition of faith. It is more than a religious word; it’s a foundation, a movement, and a way of life shaped by trust in God. Hebrews 11:1-6. 2-15-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Through Christ’s saving work, God transforms believers from who they once were into people set apart for His glory—redeemed from their past, freed from sin’s control, and empowered by the Spirit to live holy lives. 1 Corinthians 6:9-20. 2-1-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Because we can’t fix our sin or make ourselves right with God, salvation is God’s gracious rescue through Jesus—who justifies us as righteous, redeems us from our debt, and satisfies God’s justice—received by faith alone, not by our works. Romans 3:20-28. 1-25-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Being lost means living in sinful separation from God that we cannot fix ourselves, but through repentance and faith God the Father—like the father of the prodigal son—runs to restore, forgive, and joyfully welcome home anyone who turns back to Him. Luke 15:11–24. 1-18-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com

Holiness is no longer achieved through religious rituals, but experienced through a growing relationship with Jesus that transforms how we live as we trust in Him daily. Isaiah 40:25–31. 1-11-26. Colonial Church in Wichita Falls. www.colonialchurch.com