Good Morning Girlz (including Miss Thea) !!!!!!! Congratulations Karlyn! She's a cutie!
S - I, Paul, am in prison because I am a missionary for Jesus Christ to you who are not Jews. I am sure you have heard that God trusted me with His loving-favor. I wrote a little about this to you before. In a special way, God showed me His secret plan.
O - Paul was out doing. He was out telling others. Witnessing. That's what got him thrown in prison.
A - What am I doing? Am I out and about? Am I telling? Am I being a witness? For the most part, the answer to that is no. Sure I try for my lifestyle to be a witness, and how I treat people around me; I want that to show the love of Christ, but what have I done lately that is out of my normal day?
P - Lord I pray for ways I can branch out. Things I can get involved in that put me around new people, and Lord when I am around these people I pray that I tell them about the love I have found in You. Please open up the doors!
Showing posts with label Ephesians week 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ephesians week 4. Show all posts
Monday, February 13, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Ginny - Ephesians 2:21-22
S - We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
O - We are called to come together as one. Not to live seperate lives.
A - I am still amazed at the extent the Lord goes to make it clear that He wants us. He wants us with Him in His family, in His dwelling, on His side.
P - Lord, please continue to bring people in my path that I can witness to, that they too may become part of Your family.
Hope everyone has a fun weekend! Karlyn I am praying baby Thea waits till next Thursday and in the mean time that everything around the house gets done! Keep us all posted!
O - We are called to come together as one. Not to live seperate lives.
A - I am still amazed at the extent the Lord goes to make it clear that He wants us. He wants us with Him in His family, in His dwelling, on His side.
P - Lord, please continue to bring people in my path that I can witness to, that they too may become part of Your family.
Hope everyone has a fun weekend! Karlyn I am praying baby Thea waits till next Thursday and in the mean time that everything around the house gets done! Keep us all posted!
Ephesians 2: 21-22, Karlyn
Happy Friday Morning!
S - We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
O - This makes me think of the OT tabernacle and temple. God was very careful and specific about how the 2 were to be built and his Spirit dwelt in them because of the careful hands that made it the way he laid it out. Now there is no ned for a tabernacle or temple He dwells in us as his temple.
A - Am I careful with this temple and do I treat it and fill it with what is holy for him to dwell in?
P- Thank you again Lord that you extended your grace to those Gentiles! I praise you for living in us and not giving us another building to have to go to to find you. Thank you that you are living in me. Help me today to make it a holy place for you to be!
Hope your weekend is relaxing. I'm going to a women's conference with my church and I don't even know who the speaker is going to be! I'm a little stressed with getting house clean and ready for this baby next week so please pray that I can just be happy with what gets done! Love ya!
S - We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
O - This makes me think of the OT tabernacle and temple. God was very careful and specific about how the 2 were to be built and his Spirit dwelt in them because of the careful hands that made it the way he laid it out. Now there is no ned for a tabernacle or temple He dwells in us as his temple.
A - Am I careful with this temple and do I treat it and fill it with what is holy for him to dwell in?
P- Thank you again Lord that you extended your grace to those Gentiles! I praise you for living in us and not giving us another building to have to go to to find you. Thank you that you are living in me. Help me today to make it a holy place for you to be!
Hope your weekend is relaxing. I'm going to a women's conference with my church and I don't even know who the speaker is going to be! I'm a little stressed with getting house clean and ready for this baby next week so please pray that I can just be happy with what gets done! Love ya!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Ginny - Ephesians 2:19-20
Good Morning Girlz!!! I have a headache so I'm going to type really slow ;)
S - So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.
O - God just clears it up right here. No question about it. We are one. We are His children and therefore we are family.
A - How much God wants us all to be a part of that family! His desire is that all would come and that none would be strangers. Am I doing my part to tell others about the family and invite them in?
P - Lord I pray for the lost souls in the world. I pray that they would hear about Your love and about the family they can be a part of through You. May I not miss an opportunity to tell someone else about You and Your great love.
S - So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.
O - God just clears it up right here. No question about it. We are one. We are His children and therefore we are family.
A - How much God wants us all to be a part of that family! His desire is that all would come and that none would be strangers. Am I doing my part to tell others about the family and invite them in?
P - Lord I pray for the lost souls in the world. I pray that they would hear about Your love and about the family they can be a part of through You. May I not miss an opportunity to tell someone else about You and Your great love.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Ginny - Ephesians 2:16-18
S - Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death. He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near. Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.
O - Because what Christ has done for us we can be one.
A - One of my preachers once said, "It takes the same amount of grace to save them as it does me." In other words, no one is "worse" than someone else requiring the Lord to do more to save them then it does me. We were all sinners and Christ died for all of us once and for all. He didn't have to do more for those of us that are "really bad." Christ loves us all and wants all of us to come together in His family.
P - Lord thank You for saving me. I pray for those who are lost that do not know You yet. May I be a witness to Your saving grace, that they may come to know You.
O - Because what Christ has done for us we can be one.
A - One of my preachers once said, "It takes the same amount of grace to save them as it does me." In other words, no one is "worse" than someone else requiring the Lord to do more to save them then it does me. We were all sinners and Christ died for all of us once and for all. He didn't have to do more for those of us that are "really bad." Christ loves us all and wants all of us to come together in His family.
P - Lord thank You for saving me. I pray for those who are lost that do not know You yet. May I be a witness to Your saving grace, that they may come to know You.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Ginny - Ephesians 2:13-15
S - But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
O - God brings us to Him that we may experience life under one truth.
A - I love the picture of oneness, continuity, focus, undivided. God brings together and smooths out the wrinkles.
P - Lord I pray I live in such a way that others know who I belong to. Thank You for the peace You give.
O - God brings us to Him that we may experience life under one truth.
A - I love the picture of oneness, continuity, focus, undivided. God brings together and smooths out the wrinkles.
P - Lord I pray I live in such a way that others know who I belong to. Thank You for the peace You give.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Ginny - Ephesians 2:11-12
S - Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
O - Christ gave hope to a people that only knew rules.
A - Today I want to focus on the words "formerly you." This gives me great hope! I am so glad God is a God that doesn't just leave us where we are at, but rather changes us and makes us better. I am so glad there is a "formerly you" because that means I am at a different spot now. I have left something behind and I have grown and changed to where I am now. I am seeing this change in my attitude. My attitude and annoyance level is something I was struggling with end of last year, but I can already see changes the Lord is making in this area of my life. This past weekend I was in a situation that I typically would have gotten very bitter over, but instead I prayed that I would see the good in the situation and that the Lord would make a way for it all to work out. He did! But more imporantly I learned a lot by stopping and praying and deciding not to head down the same path of a bad attitude. It's a small change, but it meant the world to me that I could see where the Lord was changing and teaching me. I praise Him that I am on the way to a "formerly me" place!
P - Lord thank You for never being done with us. Thank You for wanting us to get better. Thank You for how You are answering my prayers.
O - Christ gave hope to a people that only knew rules.
A - Today I want to focus on the words "formerly you." This gives me great hope! I am so glad God is a God that doesn't just leave us where we are at, but rather changes us and makes us better. I am so glad there is a "formerly you" because that means I am at a different spot now. I have left something behind and I have grown and changed to where I am now. I am seeing this change in my attitude. My attitude and annoyance level is something I was struggling with end of last year, but I can already see changes the Lord is making in this area of my life. This past weekend I was in a situation that I typically would have gotten very bitter over, but instead I prayed that I would see the good in the situation and that the Lord would make a way for it all to work out. He did! But more imporantly I learned a lot by stopping and praying and deciding not to head down the same path of a bad attitude. It's a small change, but it meant the world to me that I could see where the Lord was changing and teaching me. I praise Him that I am on the way to a "formerly me" place!
P - Lord thank You for never being done with us. Thank You for wanting us to get better. Thank You for how You are answering my prayers.
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