In Him Series

The author of Hebrews gave two important reasons to take the church serious, first in Hebrews 10:23-27, he relates gathering and being spurred by the church as essential to not being led into sin and heresy, “23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let…

There is no one like Jesus. From His preexistence as the eternal Logos, virgin birth, sinless life, miraculous works, revolutionary teachings, substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of the world, His verified resurrection to His ascension… He is and forever will be, “God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God.” Ephesians 1:15-23, “15 For…

God didn’t call you because you were powerful, He called you to make you powerful. Miraculous power and spiritual energy doesn’t come with self-effort and human achievement, it only comes by the Holy Spirit. If you are born again and baptized in the Holy Spirit, you already have all the power you will ever need.…

Jesus promised in Mark 10:29-31, “29 Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along…

One of the greatest gifts God’s gives us is the gift of hope. God’s hope is beyond the scope of our human limitations. It reaches into the heavenly realms and brings to us the joyful expectation of God’s Word coming to pass. Hopelessness may be natural in this world, but God wants us to live…

Paul’s prayer for the people of Ephesus was that they would know God better by the wisdom and revelation given by the Holy Spirit, through Jesus. Thankfully, today the Holy Spirit is with us in the same way and is able to answer this precious prayer of Paul if we are willing to journey into…

It is so easy in our fast pace world to forget to pray. But God wants us to learn how to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). The only way to do this is by incorporating our thoughts with the Mind of Christ through the Holy Spirit. When we do, we will realize what Paul…

In the introduction to Ephesus Paul was quick to acknowledge the great faithfulness to Jesus and love for God’s people the saints had at Ephesus. Their good fruit was reliably reported back to him by trusted leaders and he had witnessed it first hand in his travels and mission work in their region. Oh to…

Even though the whole world belongs to God and everyone it, only those who are born again are His treasured possession. Many are called but few are chosen. Chose today to be God’s possession! Ephesians 1:3-14, “3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the…

Don’t be deceived by lukewarm Christians and believe you’re only meant to be a disembodied spirit in heaven singing songs around the throne of God. Certainly, worshipping God is part of the purpose of mankind, but we were not created in heaven to be angels, we were created on earth to have dominion and judge…