No Longer – The Old Way Has To Go

Ephesians 4:17-18, “Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.” The Gentiles, …

Quick At Mending Fences

Ephesians 4:1-2, “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.” Paul is now launching into the practical aspects of our life in Christ (Ephesians 4-6) by …

When You Have Purple Clothes Too, But Feel That’s About It

Ephesians 3:20, “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Last week I felt that the only thing I had …

God Is Fitting You In – Using You In What He Is Building

Ephesians 2:21-22, “In whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him, you are also being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.” At the time Paul was writing Ephesians, he was in prison, under house arrest in Rome. Paul was awaiting trial …

Watered With God’s Love, Kindness, & Grace

Ephesians 2:8-10, “For by grace you have been saved, through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk …

Dow Jones Vs. The Good News

Ephesians 1:3, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.” Paul stated encouragement to believers to …

Sink Yourself Into What You Have Been Given To Do

Galatians 6:3-5, “For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.” Have you noticed one’s pride is …