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              Ephesians 2:11–22 Introduction Ephesians 2:11–22: In today’s reading, Paul assures the non-Jewish believers that Christ has broken down the walls that separated Jews and Gentiles and has united all people of faith. Today’s Key Verse: Ephesians 2:18 It is through Christ that all of us, Jews and Gentiles, are able to come in the one Spirit into the presence of the Father. Reading 11  You Gentiles by birth—called “the uncircumcised” by the Jews, who call themselves the circumcised (which refers to what men do to their bodies)—remember what you were in the past.  12  At that time you were apart from Christ. You were foreigners and did not belong to God’s chosen people. You had no part in the covenants, which were based on God’s promises to his people, and you lived in this world without hope and without God.  13  But now, in union with Christ Jesus you, who used to be far away, have been brought near by the blood of C...

  An Insatiable Thirst for God’s Friendship and Favor Scripture: Acts 13:22 “ After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ ”  God is looking for people of character. If we could grasp the significance of how important this is to God, we could be candidates for fulfilling missions God has appointed to be done during the time we have on earth. David was such a man – a man after God’s heart. He had an insatiable thirst for relationship with God. He yearned for God’s friendship and favor. When he messed up, he confessed his sin. When He learned what God’s will was, he was prompt in seeing that it was done. By the grace of God, we can determine to be a person after God’s heart. But good intentions are not enough. Someone said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. God needs people who will execute and obey his will wholeheartedly. Elsewh...

                                     SEEK HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS But seek first His kingdom and His  righteousness , and all these things will be added to you. —Matthew 6:33, emphasis added The meaning of this verse seems clear: if we seek the Lord first, He is going to bring other good things into our lives. But what does it mean to seek first God’s kingdom and His  righteousness ? When we hear the word  righteousness , we often think about being a moral, trustworthy, and just person. This is a correct way to understand the term, but there is more to it. Being righteous is most fundamentally a matter of being rightly aligned with God. It is to live in harmony with Him, have our hearts reflect His heart, and think as He thinks.  When we get closer to Him by becoming more like Him, we experience His presence and fellowship in a more intimate and satisfying way. We begin to drink ...

  Be a Signpost Scripture: 2 Kings 5:2–3 “ And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. Then she said to her mistress, ‘If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.’”  (2 Kings 5:2-3) Naaman was a great general who handed many military victories to the king of Assyria. But Naaman had a problem: he had leprosy. Fortunately, a young servant girl captured from the land of Israel worked for Naaman’s wife. At an opportune time, the servant girl told Naaman’s wife that Naaman could be healed if he would see the prophet, Elisha. Ultimately, Naaman acted on the information, and he was healed from his leprosy. This “unimportant” servant girl was a signpost who pointed the way for Naaman to experience salvation from this deadly disease. We may feel insignificant and unimportant.  However, as believers, we are messengers who are able to tell p...

                                                     LOVE BIG He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. —2 Corinthians 9:6 Have you ever heard heavenly music in your sleep? That has happened to me maybe five times in my life where in my sleep I heard music too wonderful to describe. It was music unlike anything I’ve ever heard in this world. I love music in this world, but the music I’ve heard a few times in my sleep is indescribable.  One time when this happened and that particular time I heard these words in the music: “Love big and take out the decimal point.” I felt like the Lord was telling me to love big, give big, and live big. In 2 Corinthians 9:6, Paul says, “He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” So I want to enco...

  Do You Serve God or the Things of This World? Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:10 “… for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. ” (NIV) None of us want Demas’s choice to be a part of our legacy. We do not want it said of us that we so loved this world that we abandoned opportunities to live a life that will echo into eternity. Exchanging a life of eternal value for one that is perishing is not a good exchange at all. As a companion in the service of Paul, Demas was living a life that would echo into eternity. But the allure of the world deceived him. Scripture says that friendship with the world makes us enemies of God. We are not to love the things of the world more than we love God. This does not mean we cannot be  in  the world, and serve effectively for the Lord. God’s people are spread throughout the world system, joyously doing his work. Scripture tells us that even in Caesar’s h...

  AN ABUNDANCE OF COMFORT For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. —2 Corinthians 1:5 There’s no way around it: being a disciple of Jesus involves suffering. “Indeed,” Paul wrote, “all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” We will face hardship, heartache, and hurt because of our faith in Yeshua. So we need to put on the armor of a soldier and set our faith and teeth toward the wind, recognizing that we’re going to take a few hits. This is part of what it means to follow Jesus. Notice, however, that today’s verse goes on to say that our comfort also is abundant through Christ Jesus. In other words, when we’re following Messiah Jesus, we’re going to face situations that cause us tremendous grief. But in the midst of the pain, God is going to bless us, and we will receive a supernatural impartation of comfort through the ministry of the Ruach HaKodesh. Beloved one, be confident that whatev...