Praise be to God who has
blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in
Christ. God chose you in Him
before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His
sight. In love He predestined you
to be adopted as His children through Jesus Christ in accordance with His pleasure
and will – to the praise of His glorious grace which He has freely given
us in the One He loves. In Him we
have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with
the riches of God’s grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and
understanding. And He made known to
us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure. In Him we were also chosen, having been
predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in
conformity with the purpose of His will, in order that we, who were the
first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory. And you also were included in Christ
when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed you were marked in Him
with the seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our
inheritance.
For this reason, because
of your faith in the Lord and your love for the saints, I thank God for you and
remember you in prayer. Asking God our
gracious Father to give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you
may know Him better. That the eyes
of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope which
He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the
saints. And His incomparably great
power for us who believe. That
power is like the working of His mighty strength which He exerted in Christ
when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the
heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion.
Eph. 1
Dear brothers and sisters,
Receive the truth. God has chosen you, called you, adopted you,
marked you, included you in Christ, loves you…because it pleases Him and it is
His will for you! God has called you to
be holy. He has given you every
spiritual blessing – you have it! He has
freely given you grace and lavished wisdom and understanding upon you.
May you know Him better
and see the hope which He called you to.
You have a great inheritance! And
may you know the incomparable great power for us who believe! It is the same power that raised Jesus from
that dead that is in you!!! God wants to
work in you and through you – not by your power but by the power He has given
you. He is going to do greater things
than you can imagine through you because He is amazing!
(Listen to all of Eph.
Every day for a week and let God speak to you.)
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