By Christina Fox Ephesians 1: 15-23 What are the top three prayers on your prayer list right now? Perhaps there’s a prayer for God’s provision or one for a loved one’s healing. Maybe there’s a prayer for a friend’s salvation or for someone whose marriage is struggling. When it comes to my own prayers, most...

  By Jenny Manley In writing to the Ephesian church to provide them spiritual encouragement, Paul begins with a powerful punch—laying out the blessings that belong to followers of Christ.  Even though Ephesus was a bustling and important city (it even boasted the Temple of Artemis, later named one of the seven wonders of the...

By Monica Patterson   Ephesians 1: 1-3 “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed...

By Trillia Newbell We are once again starting up our devotional series and there isn’t a better book to go through during our “Women in the Church” series than the book of Ephesians.  Paul, writing to the church in Ephesus, focused his letter on Christ, reconciliation, and unity among all nations to Christ and to...

(Editor’s note: The following article is part of a four part series adapted from pastor John Kimbell’s sermon delivered June 29, 2014. In the first half of the sermon, what will be parts 1 and 2 of this series, Kimbell preached directly to the children, which is clear from what follows. We retained the second...