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What are spiritual gifts? What is the goal of them? How can we rightly use these gifts? The only foolproof way to discover and use your gifts, is to roll up your sleeves and get to work in some area of ministry.

As Paul continues to emphasize unity in Christ to the church in Ephesus, his letter becomes more practical as he focuses on growing in humility and patience. The gift of a diverse group of people, the body of Christ,  is the best opportunity to practice these very things!

How wide is God's love?...How long is God's love?...How deep is God's love?...How high is God's love?...grasping the love of God is the heart of Paul's prayer in Ephesians. At one level the Ephesians have these things, positionally in Christ. At another level they haven’t experienced them.

The “church” is a dominant theme in Ephesians . . . It dominates Paul's thinking because it’s through the church, the abundant wisdom of God should be made known.

How did the law separate Jews and Gentiles?  What were the cultural barriers between them? And why did this new reality of Jew and Gentile being together, eating together, and doing life together  radically change the world as we see it today?

Two things always result from grace and faith. You become God’s “workmanship” and as a result of that, “you live differently.” That means if you’re a Christian, you’re changing. You’re growing. But you are a work of art that requires your ongoing participation with the Artist.

Paul give us some great models of how to pray, but what does it mean when he prays that "you may know the hope of His calling"? What is the hope he's talking about?  What are we being called to? And what is the purpose of that calling? We will explore these questions in this message as we continue our series in Ephesians.

God is completely in control, and we make choices and are completely accountable for those choices. These are not mutually exclusive truths. Though it is taught that way by many. In the Bible, God repeatedly calls on us to exercise our will to trust in Christ for salvation, and we should pursue obedience to His commands always as a response to His gift of grace

Christmas is more than a holiday and a tradition.  It is the birth of a King.  The King Jesus.

Micah's prophecies included predictions of coming judgement against Israel, the promise of a deliverer, and the hope of a future Messianic Kingdom.

Isaiah's prophetic words about the birth of the Messiah not only were fulfilled in the birth of Jesus, but will one day be completely fulfilled when the King Jesus returns.  Anticipating Christmas should bring an even greater anticipation for Christ's second coming!

In this Christmas series, we will look at God's Promises Unwrapped starting with what takes place through the prophet Isaiah. God reminds King Ahaz and everyone that He will Keep his promise to deliver His people.