Ephesians 6:10-20 {Prayer} In his book, Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes, “There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons, but the instructor wanted $5 a lesson.…
Ephesians 4:25-32 {Prayer} How many of you have heard the joke about what make and model of automobile the early Christians drove? Well for those who haven’t. The make and model of the car early Christians drove was a Honda Accord. Why? Because in Acts 2:1, it says of the early church, “They…
John 6:35-51; Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Grace and Peace to you from our Lord and Savior, Jesus who is the Christ. Amen There are verses from our gospel lesson in John and our epistle lesson from Ephesians that I would like to pay close attention to this morning. From Ephesians chapter 5: 1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly…
Ephesians 1:3-14, Colossians 3:14 There are many times in life in which your standing in life, affects what you feel or say. For example, {A} if someone who is better than you, at – let’s say bowling, really beats you and then tells you that “you are actually really good”, (even though you had several gutter…
Ephesians 4:28 (ESV)28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. Dear Friends in Christ, A church is supposed to be a safe place, isn’t it? In fact, we often refer to the inside of a church…
Ephesians 5:21 (ESV)21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. Dear Friends in Christ, Some years ago the Saturday Evening Post ran an article entitled “The Seven Ages of the Married Cold.” It revealed a series of reactions that a husband gave to his wife’s colds during the first 7 years of…
Ephesians 6:10-20 The Armor of God 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual…
Ephesians 2:10 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Dear Friends in Christ, One of the big words that I hear a lot in Christian circles these days that I never heard when I was at the seminary nearly 40 years ago…
Ephesians 2:19-20 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. Dear Friends in Christ, What do you think of when you hear the word “togetherness”? That…
Ephesians 2:4-10 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in…