May 13, 2025
on May 13th, 2025
Ephesians 5:15-21 (HCSB)Consistency in the Christian Life15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise— 16 making the most of the time, because the days are evil. 17 So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:19 speaking to one anotherin psalms, hym... Read More
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May 12, 2025
on May 12th, 2025
Ephesians 5:1-14 (HCSB)5 Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. 2 And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. 3 But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints. 4 Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving tha... Read More
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Sunday Connect Lesson for May 11, 2025
on May 11th, 2025
SAVING GRACEPraise and obey God. We deserve God’s wrath, but He sent His Son to save us.KEY TRUTH: Unbelievers Are Spiritually Dead in Sin (Ephesians 2:1–3)KEY TRUTH: People Are Saved By Grace Through Faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:4–10)KEY TRUTH: Believers in Christ Are United as Part of God’s Household(Ephesians 2:11-22)FAMILY CONNECTION: CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AFTER CHURCH!What does it mean to ... Read More
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Questions for the Week
on May 10th, 2025
At what point in your life did you turn from the inclinations of the flesh and accept this gift from God? What do you remember about your life before Christ? What change has He made in your life? Share your answer with your small group or an individual this week. 2. What times in your life have you felt far from God? What made you feel distant from Him. How did God draw you near? How d... Read More
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May 9, 2025
on May 9th, 2025
Ephesians 2:19-22 (HCSB)19 So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. 21 The whole building, being put together by Him, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord. 22 You also are being built together for God’s dwelling i... Read More
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May 8, 2025
on May 8th, 2025
Ephesians 2:11-18 (HCSB)Unity in Christ11 So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands. 12 At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But n... Read More
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May 7, 2025
on May 7th, 2025
Ephesians 2:8-10 (HCSB)8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift— 9 not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.Andy NashHuman nature is to boast about what we have accomplished in our own life. In Monday’s reading yo... Read More
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May 6, 2025
on May 6th, 2025
Ephesians 2:4-7 (HCSB)4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, 5 made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! 6 Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, 7 so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ J... Read More
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May 5, 2025
on May 5th, 2025
Ephesians 2:1-3 (HCSB)From Death to Life2 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins 2 in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient. 3 We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we... Read More
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SUNDAY CONNECT LESSON FOR MAY 4, 2025
on May 4th, 2025
ABUNDANT RICHES IN CHRISTBelievers praise God for the redemption and forgiveness we have through faith in Christ.KEY TRUTH: All Who Believe in Christ Are Abundantly Blessed (Ephesians 1:3–14)KEY TRUTH: Believers Should Grow in Their Knowledge of God and Demonstrate Thankfulness for the Blessings That Are Ours in Christ (Ephesians 1:15–23)FAMILY CONNECTION: CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AFTER CHURCH!Wha... Read More
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Questions for the Week
on May 3rd, 2025
In Ephesians 1:3-4, the Apostle Paul tells us that we are blessed with every spiritual blessing and that we should be holy and blameless before Him (Christ). What are some of the spiritual blessings that you see evident in your life? What does it mean to live lives that are holy and blameless?2. The Apostle Paul prays for the Ephesian Christians to receive the Spirit of wisdom, the revelati... Read More
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May 2, 2025
on May 2nd, 2025
Ephesians 1:20-23 (HCSB)God’s Power in Christ20 He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens— 21 far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church, ... Read More
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