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Nov25WEEK48
Our text for this week is Ephesians 5:1-2:
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
The mere thought that we can be imitators of God is so remarkable that it seems like the ultimate presumption, yet,... -
Nov18WEEK47
Our text for this week is Ephesians 4:30-32:
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
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Nov11WEEK46
Our text for this week is Ephesians 4:29:
Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.
If this one verse were obeyed, it would not only change our own lives, but the life and expression of the entire church as well. Consider for a moment just how differently both would be if all of our words were used to build up... -
Nov04WEEK45
Our text for this week is Ephesians 4:28:
Let him who steals steal no longer; but rather let him labor, performing with his own hands what is good, in order that he may have something to share with him who has need.
“Thou shalt not steal” (Exodus 20:15 KJV) is one of the Ten Commandments that was to be the foundation of God’s standard for righteousness, or the right way that we should live. Stealing is contrary to the nature of... -
Oct28WEEK44
Our text for this week is Ephesians 4:26-27:
Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.
This raises a good question. Can we be angry and not sin? The answer is “yes.” We are called to be like the Lord, and to abide in Him, and He very definitely gets angry at some things. This is righteous anger.This should cause us to want to understand what those things...
