I apologize for the lateness of this. mine and Marion's lives have been very chaotic this past week and I've been dealing with an abominable cough that won't end.
Ephesians 1:3-14"But don't you know who you are? You are more than the choices that you make. You are more than the sum of your past mistakes. You are more than the problems you create. You've been remade. Cause this is not about what you've done but what's been done for you. This is not about where you've been. But where your brokenness brought you to. This is not about what you feel. But what he felt to forgive you and what he felt to make you new."Tuesday I was having a horrid day. Work was bad. I just kept praying a lot for God to calm me down, Above are the lyrics to You are More by Tenth Avenue North. I was trying to do my job and in my spare time read the bible for the Batcave. A lot of what you get from this is my pain and learning thru the storm. As followers of God we don't always understand God's love for us. Psalms 18:19 has always been a jaw dropping verse for me and I hope it is for you as well. "He led me to a place of safety, He rescues me because He delights in me." God delights in you and me.3-4. Paul is giving thanks to God for every spiritual blessing. Then he reminds us even before the world was made God loved us and chose us to be holy and without fault in his eyes. Now let that make sense in your head. God is sitting on his throne in the heavens he looked thru time He chose to send his son to die for your sins and mine because of love. It's the absolute greatest love story ever.5. "God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ." I'm not too familiar with the adoption of kids However I have friends who have. I have seen adoption though played out in my wife's life. I have watched my parents and the rest of the family adopt Marion as a member of the family and all who know her have gone out of their way to make her feel welcome. They reflect God's adoption into his family by doing so.6. "So we praise God for the glorious grace he poured out on us who belong to his dear son." We better be thankful.7-8. God is rich in kindness and grace with which he showered us. We are forgiven by the blood of his son and our freedom is purchased. Jesus blood was shed for my sin and yours. Point of Grace did a song called Because you are. It talks about all God has done for us thru Christ's death . One line in the song says "The blood on my hands is what washes me clean." My dad has told me this story of a sermon a man preached about this vision of a man who goes to heaven who is sent to a shower to be cleansed. To the man's surprise not water but blood comes from the faucet symbolizing being washed clean by the blood of the Lamb of God.9-10. God had a plan regarding Christ, a plan that was for his good pleasure. The plan was at the right time. God will bring everything under the authority of Christ both in Heaven and on Earth.11. "Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance and he makes everything work out according to his plan." That's good news right there but Katia Uriarte didn't mention that on channel 3 news.12. God wants the Jews first to trust in Christ.13. "And now you Gentiles," That's you and me we heard the truth that God will save us thru Christ. He identified us as his and gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit.14. I have never heard a preacher speak on this verse. "The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him."You have been chosen by God! You are loved and You have been remade.The Love of Christ by Point of Grace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENSm29eIBJwWhat love really means by JJ Heller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWKkdgyJ_NISpeechless By Steven Curtis Chapman because God's love should leave us Speechless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH-1wj7_Q6kDying to Reach you by Point of Grace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZvJu2kuSQ0
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