Ephesians 1:15-23. After Paul lays out the spiritual blessings in Christ, he flows into a prayer that they might grasp these high truths. He prays they would see the hope of God’s calling, the glory of the inheritance and the greatness of His power expressed towards them. May we also...

Eph 1:7-14. While we already rejoice in our redemption, forgiveness & salvation in Christ, we are also waiting for that which is yet to come. With full assurance, we wait for that resurrection day, when we will stand holy before him, and receive our full inheritance, reserved in heaven for...

Ephesians 1:4-6. When considering predestination, we must ask the questions, who was chosen, where were they chosen and what have they been predestined to be? We then discover that these verses are not unsettling, but rather deeply confirm our blessed assurance in Christ. 

Ephesians 1:3. If the Book of Ecclesiastes could be considered the lowest book in the Bible, then Ephesians would be considered the highest. One shows man searching for his purpose from his perspective “under the sun” and the other lifts us up to “heavenly places” to show the believer united...

Ephesians 1:1-2. In tracing the journeys of Paul, we discover how he came to know the Ephesians, how the church began in Ephesus and why Paul wrote this letter to them from prison. Paul speaks of the church, and each believer, as being “in Christ”, accepted and unified in the...

Col 1:12-14. Forgiveness is the release from a debt, as if you never owed that debt. Redemption is the price that was paid, so that we could be freed from that debt. So what was the price that was paid for our redemption? ah, the precious blood of the lamb!...

Acts 1:1-8. Does the OT Jewish Feast of Weeks (Shavuot / Pentecost) actually hold insights and secrets for us regarding Jesus, the gospel, the Holy Spirit, the Church and the Great Commission? What is the “Counting of the Omer” and does that have any value for the Christian today? God...

What could little Mordecai and Esther do when up against evil Haman and the power of the King? Through works of providence, God can deliver, provide and work all things together for the good. He will provide and protect his people in our personal lives and also on the world...

1 Sam 1:1-20. During the dark days of The Judges, Hannah prayed for a son. God had shut up her whom, to work in her life, to bring her to a place of prayer, brokenness and faith. The answer to her prayer was to be an answer for the nation....

Philemon 1:1-25. Captured in this special little letter from Paul to Philemon we find a redemptive story that so beautifully unfolds the gospel message. We also see our own story in Onesimus, who found such grace and favour in the face of such demerit and unworthiness. May God stir our...