# Sunday Setup – Colossians 2:6-7

Sermon transcript from Cross Church Surprise.
Series: Sunday Setup
Date: August 20, 2026
Watch: https://crosschurchcares.com/surprise/episodes/sunday-setup-colossians-26-7

## Summary

Are you truly rooted in your faith? What does it mean to overflow with gratitude in a world that often feels heavy? Join us as we explore Colossians 2:6-7 and discover how being rooted in Christ transforms our lives and perspectives. Let's dive in together!

## Transcript

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 >> Mhm. 
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 >> Hey Grace Church, welcome to a Sunday 
 setup. 
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 >> This is our time each Thursday at 2:00 
 where we gather together through our 
 social media platforms to be able to 
 pray as one church to prepare our hearts 
 for the passage we'll be diving into 
 this week. 
 Today we continue our series through 
 rooted and ready. And we've talked about 
 being rooted in worship, rooted in 
 community. Well, this week we look at 
 being rooted in discipleship. And our 
 passage is just two verses, [music] but 
 two verses just packed full of material. 
 And we see in Colossians chapter 2 
 starting in verse 6, 
 uh we dive right into this text and it 
 says this, 
 "So then, 
 just as you have received Christ Jesus 
 as Lord, 
 continue to walk in him, 
 being rooted 
 and built up in him, and established in 
 the faith, just as you were taught, 
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 and overflowing with gratitude." 
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 >> As we talk this week about being rooted 
 in discipleship, what does it mean to 
 grow in our faith? What does it mean to 
 grow closer to Christ? To mature. But I 
 think it starts here. I want to start 
 where really that verse ends. This 
 little phrase he uses is overflowing 
 with gratitude. If we're honest, 
 sometimes I think as we mature as 
 Christians, at times we see how bad the 
 world is, 
 uh how far away our world is from God, 
 maybe how much even our own lives are 
 full of sin. And sometimes it can make 
 us cynical. It can make us grumpy. 
 But Paul says if we're rooted in Christ, 
 we should be overflowing with gratitude. 
 So here's our first prayer prompt is 
 let's have some gratitude. 
 And just straight from the text here is 
 Lord, I am overflowing in gratitude 
 for. 
 Lord, I am overflowing in gratitude for 
 my family, 
 for my church, uh for my job. Is Lord, I 
 am overflowing in my gratitude for. Just 
 pray that prayer. That prayer of 
 Thanksgiving, of gratitude, of joy to 
 our God. [music] 
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 >> Jesus, we have so much to be overflowing 
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 towards. 
 God, you have blessed us immensely. 
 Lord, we should not be grumpy. We should 
 not be depressed. We should not be 
 cynical when we look at our world. 
 Instead, we should be overflowing with 
 gratitude that you showed us grace. 
 And we can just share that grace with 
 the world around us. Lord, let us live 
 joyful, happy lives that point towards 
 you. And God, as we do this, uh Lord, it 
 it tells us where the heart of this 
 starts. 
 Why are we so happy? Why are we so 
 joyful? Why are we overflowing with 
 gratitude? It's because we are rooted in 
 Christ and built up in him. 
 And here's when we talk about being 
 rooted in him. 
 We've said all over the series, we have 
 three roots that we're looking rooted in 
 worship and community and discipleship. 
 This is a being rooted in Christ, being 
 rooted in God's word. And let's just 
 take a time of praying of all the ways 
 that we want to be rooted in him and 
 just pray specifically through things. 
 Is God, 
 help me be rooted in 
 Help me be rooted in you. 
 Help me be rooted in your word. Help me 
 be rooted in my prayer life. Help me be 
 rooted in 
 worship with my church family. 
 Is 
 God, help me be rooted in 
 Take some time. Pray of how we can 
 further deepen our roots in Christ. 
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 >> God, just help us be rooted in the work 
 that you are doing. Be rooted in our 
 local church. 
 And ultimately just be rooted in the 
 gospel, the truth that you are our Lord 
 and you are our savior. God, let us look 
 at our world overflowing with gratitude. 
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 Just having a joy in our life that can't 
 help but to spill to the people around 
 us. And God, we just thank you for this 
 time. We thank you for your word. We 
 thank you for our church family. And 
 Lord, we just ask that you continue 
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 bring us together on Sunday to be united 
 in what you have called us to do and 
 ready to make you known to the world 
 around us. God, we lift all this up in 
 Jesus' name. Amen. 
 Okay, thank you guys for joining us. We 
 can't wait to see you this weekend as we 
 talk about what it looks like to be 
 rooted in discipleship. We'll see you 
 soon. 
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