Title: Do You Realize the Greatness and Goodness That is Within You?
Text:
Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Observation:
If salvation was up to our works then we would get the glory. However, since our salvation is God's work, He gets the glory. When God saves you He places within you the potential for greatness and goodness; by faith, you work it out.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
The good works that flow from the life of Christ followers come from the divine presence of God who lives and abides in the lives of His people. Think about this; mediate on this truth.
Galatians 2:20 (ESV)
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Prayer:
Father God, Sovereign Lord, my dear Father, I exalt You because You are righteous in all in all Your ways, and that You are gracious in all Your works.
Father, I shudder to think of where I would be without You in my life, and the source of my life and my works.
Father God, I am so glad that You are near to all who call upon You in truth, who fear and adore You for all of Your majesty and power.
Father, I will be forever grateful that You save, supply, and safeguard Your people. Father, I thank You for the greatness and goodness You have placed within Your people. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
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Acts 6:4 (KJV)
4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
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