The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 23:25-26 (HCSB)
25 Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 66:1-2 (HCSB)
1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!
2 Sing about the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Ephesians 1:3-8 (HCSB)
3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.
4 For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love
5 He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will,
6 to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved.
7 We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
8 that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
My observation:
If you are a child of God, by the grace of God, you have so much to be thankful to God for. Paul reminded the people who received this letter how blessed they were.
There is nothing more precious as the blessing of salvation. The author of our salvation is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Notice the author of your salvation and the period of your salvation.
Ephesians 1:4 (HCSB)
4 For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love.
God is the person in the ordaining. The period of the ordaining is before the creation of the world. The foreordaining took place before this.
Genesis 1:1 (HCSB)
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
There is so much to appreciate in this brief passage. However, I will pause here, and give the Lord a hand clap of praise for doing for me what I could not do for myself. Wow! Christ in me, the hope of glory.
Ephesians 1:6 (HCSB)
6 to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved.
My prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I lift my hands, I bow my knee, I surrender my whole heart to you for who you are, and for what you have done for your beloved people. Father, the grace of God, is beyond anything that my mind could have ever conceived, and my hands could have ever performed.
Ephesians 1:7-8 (HCSB)
7 We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
8 that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
Father God, may the thought never enter my mind that I could do enough good works to earn the forgiveness of my sins. Father, I believe and accept your plan of salvation. Father, I trust your wisdom and understanding above the wisdom and understanding of man.
Father, I gladly confess that I am not capable of being a law keeper, but thank God I am capable of being a grace receiver. In Jesus name, Amen.
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Ephesians 1:1-2 (HCSB)
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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