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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...
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Oct21WEEK43
Our text for this week is Ephesians 4:25:
Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth, each one of you, with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
When we think of truth and error, we often relate it to doctrinal truth and error. Doctrinal truth is of course important, but walking in truth requires far more than just doctrinal truth. We can know all doctrines accurately, but if we are prone to deception and cheating in our relationship with others, we are walking in deception and... -
Oct14WEEK42
This week we will look at Ephesians 4:20-24:
But you did not learn Christ in this way,
if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
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