Your worship of the Lord must be based in all of who he is and expressed with joy by all of who you are.
Jesus' love for his own people is a love which lasts all of his life and all of theirs.
Whatever overwhelms you, you can find relief in the refuge provided by God in Christ.
Paul's request of Philemon then shows us that Christ's work to save us must always frame our response towards our Christian brothers now.
Paul's love-based appeal to Philemon for Onesimus is an appeal you need to apply in your own life.
Look up with expectation to God who dwells in heaven because he alone has the help you need for the trouble on earth.
Our sovereign Lord will build his Church his way.
As we conclude Colossians, take heed to the gospel of Christ preached and live in Christ alone by grace alone.