Can conflict actually strengthen your faith? In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Colossians 2:1-10 and Acts 20:20-24 (KJV) to show us how the early church remained unmoved in the middle of serious struggle — and how we can too.
You might be asking: Why does conflict follow me even in my Christian walk? Can I stay rooted in Christ when everything around me is shaking? What does it really mean to be complete in Him? How did Paul lead and love people he had never even met?
Pastor Roderick Webster walks us through the heart of the Apostle Paul as he writes from prison to churches he deeply cared for. Through the story of Epaphras — a homegrown preacher who started the Colossian church — we learn that God uses faithful, rooted people right where they are.
Key points from this devotion:
- Conflict is not a sign that God has left you — it is part of the Christian journey
- You can be absent in body but present in prayer, as Paul was for the Colossians
- Being rooted and built up in Christ is the anchor in every storm
- God raises up faithful servants from among us — homegrown and Spirit-led
- You are complete in Him — not in your circumstances
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Opening Greeting
0:06 Song: Hold the Fort
0:39 Reading Colossians 2:1-10 KJV
3:16 Reading Acts 20:20-24 KJV
4:14 The Church Unmoved in Conflict
5:00 Paul's Heart for the Colossians
5:49 Who Was Epaphras?
7:40 Staying Rooted: Lessons for Today
9:13 Closing Blessing
