Places
Laodicea in Colossians 2
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This place shows up in Colossians 2:1: “For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Colossians 2:1
“For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;”
What kids can learn
When you hear laodicea in Colossians, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Colossians 2:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Colossians 2:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ForIdesiretoyouknowhowgreatlyIstruggleforyou,andforthoseatandforasmanyashavenotseenmyfaceinthe