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6Jun2008 Eph 2:10

10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. I remember metal shop in High School. One of the projects was to make a bottle opener. Even at the time I thought it was a lame project. So I got theContinue reading “6Jun2008 Eph 2:10”

5Jun2008 Eph 2:5-6

5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and had them say, “Where areContinue reading “5Jun2008 Eph 2:5-6”

4Jun2008 Eph 2:4

4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy I like the word order in the original Greek of this passage. It reads, “But God being rich in mercy, on account of his great love which he loved us.” Everything in our life starts with the richness of God’sContinue reading “4Jun2008 Eph 2:4”

3Jun2008 Eph 1:18-19a

18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. The life of a Jesus-follower is a life ofContinue reading “3Jun2008 Eph 1:18-19a”

2Jun2008 Eph 1:4c-5

In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will Can you imagine, God gets pleasure from us! The One who created everything, who created pleasure in the first place, receives pleasure from us. That is one of the great mysteries of theContinue reading “2Jun2008 Eph 1:4c-5”

1Jun2008 Eph 1:4

4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. Our purpose in life is to be holy and blameless before God. Our purpose is not to be happy and content, or any other short sighted, narrow goal. God has huge goals, impossible goals,Continue reading “1Jun2008 Eph 1:4”

31May2008 Gal 6:14

14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. There is one way and one way only for the chains that bind us to death to be broken and that one way is the cross. WhenContinue reading “31May2008 Gal 6:14”

30May2008 Gal 6:10

10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. We have responsibility to both those outside the family of believers and those inside the family. As Jesus-followers we are to be about the business of working for the good of everyoneContinue reading “30May2008 Gal 6:10”

29May2008 Gal 6:9

9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. It can be easy to get discouraged when it seems that you are the only one trying to do what is right. Doing right these days is a lonelyContinue reading “29May2008 Gal 6:9”

28May2008 Gal 6:7

7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. What a politically incorrect statement this is! Actions have consequences. What a novel idea. In our society which concentrates on the moment, the idea that what we do now affects our future seems almost crazy. When the moment is allContinue reading “28May2008 Gal 6:7”