Tag: Ephesians
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Ephesians 5:15-21 Filled With the Spirit 4/12/26 Sermon
Lord, we ask for you to do what is humanly impossible when you save us; now we ask that you continue that miraculous work in our heart and mind: make us to earnestly desire all that you have said is best so that we would experience the joy of being filled with your Spirit!
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Ephesians 4:25-32 The New Self – 3/15/26 Sermon
The new community that Christ calls us to looks radically different from what we were before. Jesus calls His people – His church – to put off the old self and put on the new.
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Ephesians 4:17-24 Were and Are 3/8/26 Sermon
In Christ, every Christian has been given a new identity, a new life. We don’t earn it, but we are called to receive it and live in it each and every day.
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Ephesians 4:11-16 Grow 3/1/26 Sermon
He gave… The church’s mission is to be and make disciples; we do that as we pursue Jesus in humility, gentleness, patience, love, and unity (4:2). But we can’t bring that about on our own! How does Jesus form us as a body? The answer Paul gives is that our maturing and equipping comes from Spirit-given gifts intended for the building up of God’s people. These gifts, in this example, look like people: apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds and teachers.
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Ephesians 4:1-10 Our Victorious King 2/22/26 Sermon
The call. Because Jesus has the victory and because we benefit in Him, we are called to act as the new kind of people that He has created us to be.
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Ephesians 3:14-21 Bold Prayer 2/15/26 Sermon
How to respond. The conclusion of Paul’s prayer is a response: not that we would do anything to bring about God’s blessing. Instead, the response is to worship: it’s to glorify the Lord who loves His church and answers such prayers and works in such people as we are!
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Ephesians 3:1-13 On The Inside 2/8/26 Sermon
The mystery of Christ. Paul interrupts himself to make two important points at this stage of the letter: he has been given insight and understanding from the Lord which was to be passed on to Gentile Christians. And, second: that insight is into the mystery of Jesus now revealed – that God’s plan involves making one new people, neither Jew nor Gentile, who have access to Jesus through the gospel.
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Ephesians 2:8-10 Saved for a Purpose 1/25/26 Sermon
Works do not save – only God does! Works, instead, are how we now respond to God saving us; they are a part of our worship.
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Ephesians 2:1-7 But God… 1/18/26 Sermon
Here’s the great news: God rescued us! Through no merit of our own, without deserving it even a little bit, the Lord shows His love for us by giving us mercy and grace in Jesus Christ. Our salvation – and our new life – is wrapped up in Him. His resurrection is ours, His eternal life is ours, too! In Jesus, we have life, now and forevermore.
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Ephesians 1:15-23 What Christ Has Done 1/11/26 Sermon
In Christ, we are more blessed than we realize.
