Category: Ephesians
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Boomerangs
Ephesians 5:28 “He who loves his wife loves himself.” There are some things in the Bible that are so easy to pass over. If you are a Christian, you’ve likely read the passage above many times. I know I have. But have we really stopped to think about it?! Has it ever caused us to…
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The Shrewd
Ephesians 5:15-16 “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” There are some things that non-Christians are typically much better at than Christians. The reason I know this is that Jesus told us so. In Luke 16:8 He says this: “The sons…
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Cherish
Ephesians 5:29-30 “He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of His body.” Sometimes when I read the Scriptures, I get hit between the eyes. Actually, I probably should get hit like this every time I…
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Greater than the Shadows
Ephesians 1:16-22 “I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has…
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Love: Some of the “How Tos”
Titus 2:3-4 “Older women likewise are to . . . train the young women to love their husbands and children . . .” Ephesians 6:25 “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” One of the truths about what God has told us in His Word is that all…
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Great Things He has Done
Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that 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.” The words above, written by the apostle Paul, were written as a…
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Fullness
Ephesians 3:14-19 “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being . . . that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” In the prayer…
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Fire!
1 Thessalonians 5:19 “Do not quench the Spirit.” 2 Timothy 1:6 “Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” Ephesians 6:16 “In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.” It’s interesting…
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Opportunities
Ephesians 5:15-17 “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” Are you making the most of the opportunities God is giving you to serve Him? It’s a sobering question,…
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Supernatural Gifts
Ephesians 1:16-18 “ I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know…
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