August 2024

READING: Eph. 1:15-18: Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the […]

READING: 1 Pet. 1:3-12 … who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. – Eph. 1:14 The seal of the Holy Spirit accompanies you throughout your life as a believer. Through Him, you know you are secure in Christ, safe with God the

READING: Gal. 3:13-18 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise … – Eph. 1:13 Paul transitions from “we” to “you.” First, he writes in verse 12: “we who were the first

READING: Rom. 8:18-30 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. – Eph. 1:11-12 Each part of the hymn in Eph.

READING: Col. 1:15-23 … that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. – Eph. 1:10 As chosen children, we may know God’s plan, which is carried out by Christ. The goal of

READING: 1 Cor. 2:6-16 … which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself … – Eph. 1:8,9 The richness of God’s grace is truly abundant, Paul says with joyful wonder. This

READING: 1 Cor. 1:26-31 … to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace …Eph. 1:6-7 The first part of the hymn culminates in verse 6 with

READING: John 17:1-13 … just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, … – Eph. 1:4,5 Starting from

READING: Ps. 103 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ… – Eph. 1:3 Verse 3 begins with exuberant praise directed towards God the Father. There are three words in which blessing resonates. Blessed be God, who has

READING: Eph. 1:1-13 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. – Eph. 1:1,2 In this letter from Paul, we do not hear Paul’s theology. That