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21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. So often we hear one side of the submission story in marriage. Wives are supposed to submit to their husbands. But right before that truth is this truth: we both submit to each other. If only couples would understand this today. There has to beContinue reading “13Aug2010 Ephesians 5:20”

14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who isContinue reading “12Aug2010 Ephesians 4:14-15”

19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Filled! Are you filled with God’s love to the measure of all the fullness of God? I know I’m not! God wants us to be overflowing with His love, pressed down, shaken together,Continue reading “11Aug2010 Ephesians 3:19”

18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, Paul’s prayer is, not only that we would be rooted and established in love, but that we would know the boundless, borderless love of Christ. But we can’t grasp this onContinue reading “10Aug2010 Ephesians 3:18”

17bAnd I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, As I talk with people day after day, I have come to realize how few people have ever experienced true love and acceptance. For so many, love, if they have received it at all, has been very conditional. They were shown love, IF theyContinue reading “9Aug2010 Ephesians 3:17b”

16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. In order for God to inhabit us, we must be strengthened. Plastic bags from grocery stores are great. They have so manyContinue reading “8Aug2010 Ephesians 3:16-17a”

7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. Read that verse again, slowly this time. Paul is reflecting on his salvation history. He recognized it as a gift given to him by the Lord. No one don’t deserve gifts. And whatContinue reading “6Aug2010 Ephesians 3:7”

19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, Because Jesus has taken down every barrier there was between us and God, we can be in right relationship with Him. There are no second class members of God’s family. Either you are part ofContinue reading “5Aug2010 Ephesians 2:19”

10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. God has a plan for our lives. There are positive things we are to accomplish, things that reflect His character. God is working in us. He is remaking us so that weContinue reading “3Aug2010 Ephesians 2:10”

6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. There is a great word in the original language that I just have to comment about. It is literally “eye-servant”. Think of that. Are you bound byContinue reading “20June2009 Ephesians 6:6”