Digital Bulletin
I Give Thanks
Wisdom & Maturity
Open the Eyes Of My Heart
Welcome by Ryan Phelps
Be Thou My Vision
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
Sermon by Noah Ellis
Above All
Communion
Offering
I Stand In Awe
Closing Announcements by Lexi Shadday
Song Of Hope (Heaven Come Down)
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Sermon Notes
Wisdom & Maturity
Ephesians 1:15-23
“15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.”
Reasons To Praise God:
Ephesians 1:15-16 15 “For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers”
➔ God Chose and Adopted Us
◆ Ephesians 1:4-5 Ephesians 1:4-5 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will ➔ God Redeems and Forgives Us
◆ Ephesians 1:7-8 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
➔ God Gives Us An Imperishable Inheritance
◆ Ephesians 1:11 In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, ➔ God Has Sealed Us With His Holy Spirit
◆ Ephesians 1:13-14 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
I Give Thanks
Ephesians 1:15 “15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers”
➔ Faith In the Lord
➔ Love towards all the saints
How to Pray for Others:
1. Pray for people to know God more
Ephesians 1:17 “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him.”
2. Pray for people to know the hope of His Calling
Ephesians 1:18 “having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints”
3. Pray for people to know the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints Ephesians 1:18 “having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints”
4. Pray for people to know the power of God
Ephesians 1:19 “And what is the Immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might”
The Power of God:
★ Jesus is raised from the dead
○ Ephesians 1:20 “that He worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places”
★ Jesus is seated at his right hand
○ Ephesians 1:20-21 20 “that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is name, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
★ All things are under Jesus’ feet
○ Ephesians 1:22 “And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church”
★ Jesus is head over all things
○ Ephesians 1:22-23 “And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.”
YOUR RESPONSE:
1. Pray with thanksgiving for those around us
2. Pray for others to know God better
3. Pray for people to know the hope of God’s calling
4. Pray for people to know the greatness of God's inheritance in us
5. Pray for people to know the Power of God