Our encounter with Christ changes our philosophy, practice, and purpose of life which changes our thinking, understanding, and living. Ephesians 4:17-24 – 17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that […]
Christ has equipped the church with supernatural unique spiritual gifts to raise up spiritually mature Christians to build the church. Ephesians 4:7-16 – 7 But grace was given to each one of us according […]
Do not ask what the church can do for you but rather what Christ wants you to do individually, collectively, and communally for His Church. Ephesians 4:7-16 – 7 But grace was […]
Act out your faith because that’s what it means to walk in a manner worthy of your calling. Let’s not do church— be the church. Ephesians 4:1-6 – 1 I therefore, a […]
Pursue the calling to which you have been called and surrender to the Lordship of Christ by letting Him rule over your life and circumstances so you may live out […]
God is able to do far more abundantly than you can ever think or ask. Take your prayer life seriously. Your spiritual growth depends on it. Ephesians 3:14-21 – 14 For […]
Pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus and in the power of the Spirit. Ephesians 3:14-21 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every […]
Learn from Paul as we minister to people— before we share the gospel, the good news, people need to hear the bad news first, or else they will not value […]
The mystery of Christ has been fully revealed to the apostles and the prophets to create a humanity that never before existed in Christ to build a community that we […]
Jesus came to reconcile a broken relationship between God and man and to establish a community in the unity of Christ— the church. Ephesians 2:19-22 19 So then you are no […]
The way we behave and interact with each other and those outside the church can either pull people toward Christianity or push them away from Christ. Ephesians 2:11-18 – 11 Therefore […]
There is no greater good than telling people what grace is, what it does, and why people need God’s grace. Ephesians 2:8-10 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And […]
God, knowing our sinful condition, provided the solution for sin by making us alive with Christ. Ephesians 2:4-7 – 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he […]
No problem is greater than the problem of sin, for sin is responsible for all the awful things humans do against God, His commandments, and against each other, willfully as […]
God gave His power over to His Son so that He can give it to us, His church. Ephesians 1:19-23 – 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power […]
One way to measure maturity in Christ is to see what kind of prayers a person offers. Do they focus on the physical and temporal or on the spiritual and […]
The more we know God, the more we will know what we have in Jesus and the more we will grow in our faith and maturity in Christ. Ephesians 1:15-17 […]
You have been sent by Jesus to tell others about the truth of the gospel, which is the saving hope, the securing truth, and the sealing promise. Ephesians 1:11-14 – […]
Allow the truth of the gospel which is absolute truth shape your understanding of the truth. God’s truth and His saving hope in Christ is that truth. Ephesians 1:11-14 – […]
The blessing of the mystery of God’s Will has been made known to believers through the gospel of Jesus. Ephesians 1:9-10 – 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according […]
In Jesus, we have been lavished— unrestricted, unlimited, unimaginable access to riches— with the blessing of forgiveness. Ephesians 1:7-8 – 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according […]
Through redemption in Christ, God is making the unholy, holy and sinners, blameless before Himself to be His children. Ephesians 1:7-8 – 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of […]
When you trust God for everything, you will find everything in Jesus. Ephesians 1:1-6 – 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in […]
You cannot say that you are a Christian and not feel and live the difference that Christ makes in our lives. Ephesians 1:1-6 – 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the […]
God has already blessed us in Jesus with every spiritual blessing. Ephesians 1:1-6 – 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, […]
When you only see your difficulties, you cannot see the blessings that are on the way. Ruth 4:1-22 – 1 Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. […]
Intentionality, initiative, and integrity are expected to have a joyful, blessed, strong marriage. Ruth 3:1-18 1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, […]
Your triumph in tragedy is in holding on to Jesus. Ruth 2:1-23 – 1 Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name […]
Times of trials empties us of worldly things and fills us with godly things for His glory and our growth. Ruth 1: 1 In the days when the judges ruled there was a […]
The final message from God to God’s people in God’s Word is to trust God’s Word. Revelation 22:6-21 – 6 And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And […]
