In Ephesians 3: 14-21, Paul prays for the Ephesians. His prayer consists of 2 main ideas:
1) He prays that they will know the size of the love of Christ.
2) He prays that they will have a sense of His power.
I need this in my own life! JD challenged me to pray for three things in response to this section in Ephesians. 1: Pray for the presence of God in my life. 2: Pray for the presence of God in my church. 3: Pray for the presence of God in my community (specifically someone I know who does not have the presence of God).
Paul lays it out clear: we need the presence of God (to experience his LOVE and POWER) to have the fullness of the Spirit. To know God should be the cry of our hearts! Thank you Lord for this reminder.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
The Church- Ephesians 2:11-3:13
The main idea for this lengthy passage is this: god has reconciled the Jews and Gentiles to become one body (the church) through which God uses to teach the world his wisdom. This is great news to the Gentile! Because, he was "formerly separated from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world" (2:12).
God did an amazing work and brought the two (Gentile and Jew) together and abolished their hostility so that they can comunicate the multifaceted wisdom of God (3:10). (See previous post). After listening to the sermon from JD Greear, I gained one big idea from his and this passage:
We are to be active parts of our church otherwise we cannot function as the Christians God wants us to be. What a thought! He made a statement that was pretty bold, but true nonetheless: "Do not ask for God's power and for him to work in your life if you have removed yourself from the means of that power." This makes sense! How can God work in my life when his plan is to use the church and I am not involved in the church??
I have currently just started attending a new church in which they promote life groups. These life groups are Bible studies during the week where the members discuss the sermon from the previous Sunday; an application time of sorts. I have not gotten involved in one yet, partially because I am still not sure whether God wants me at that church. I think the answer form here is to pray fervently about attending that church, wait for an answer, then get involved!
God did an amazing work and brought the two (Gentile and Jew) together and abolished their hostility so that they can comunicate the multifaceted wisdom of God (3:10). (See previous post). After listening to the sermon from JD Greear, I gained one big idea from his and this passage:
We are to be active parts of our church otherwise we cannot function as the Christians God wants us to be. What a thought! He made a statement that was pretty bold, but true nonetheless: "Do not ask for God's power and for him to work in your life if you have removed yourself from the means of that power." This makes sense! How can God work in my life when his plan is to use the church and I am not involved in the church??
I have currently just started attending a new church in which they promote life groups. These life groups are Bible studies during the week where the members discuss the sermon from the previous Sunday; an application time of sorts. I have not gotten involved in one yet, partially because I am still not sure whether God wants me at that church. I think the answer form here is to pray fervently about attending that church, wait for an answer, then get involved!
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