Please join us as we begin a bible study on Ephesians. I believe that anyone interested in following along in this in-depth look at Ephesians will come out at the other end a new person, charged up and much stronger in our faith! As He did in Paul's letter to the Romans, Jesus lays out a beautiful and challenging view of life here in this world for the Christian. In most other of Paul's writings, we deal with specific problems, and they are very helpful when we are involved with those same problems.
In Ephesians, Paul lays out the whole quilt of life... the great canvas of God's painting of reality. We'll see how the body of Christ functions. Our study of Ephesians will help us to find our ministries and to prepare each of us to function within them, and to discover the excitement of living as Christians right where we are. We will learn how to handle the sex drive which God has given us, and how to live properly in a sexually perverse society.
This letter, written to Christians of Paul's day, teaches us, here, today, how to come to grips with life as it is even now. If you are struggling as a Christian in your marriage and in matters of everyday family life, there is a powerful word for you today. If you need help understanding the strange turbulence often found in our own hearts and the spiritual attacks we encounter, there is a powerful word for you today.
Ephesians helps us to deal with our fears, anxieties, and depressions... teaches us where they're coming from, and what to do about them. I encourage you, my friends and loved ones, to allow these passages to pour over our hearts... allow the "Love for us", which is in and behind the Word of God, to change the way we think, see, and respond to the challenges in life. I pray we can stop and feel the powerful healing work within these passages as they pass through our intellect and reside in our hearts. Amen?
I love you.
For the rest of the study follow the links to the next verse beginning with 1:1-3.
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