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Daily Devotion: Ephesians 1:15-18

Ephesians 1:15-18 "Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, (16) Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; (17) That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: (18) The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints," "... After I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus..." There is such a relief and release that takes place in our hearts and minds after we are brought to the understanding of the work of Jesus on the cross. There is sweet peace and comfort when the Holy Spirit gives us understanding of the forgiveness of sins and that God has accepted us through the blood of Jesus Christ. There is a great burden that is lifted when we are brought to the pla...

Sermon (Video): In Christ Alone - Acts 4:10-12

Daily Devotion: Matthew 4:3-4, 6-7, and 9-11

Matthew 4:3-4 "And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Matthew 4:6-7 "And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Matthew 4:9-11 "And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him." ...

Daily Devotion: Ephesians 1:9-14

Ephesians 1:9-14 "Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: (10) That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: (11) In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: (12) That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. (13) In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, (14) Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory." I admit that I am going very slow in this first chapter of Ephesians. ...

Daily Devotion: Matthew 4:1-2

Matthew 4:1-2 "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred." The Bible tells us that Jesus was tempted in all the same ways we are tempted (Hebrews 4:15). We are, by our sin nature, prone to temptation and often likely to yield to the same. Jesus did not have our sin nature, so how was it that He was tempted? This is yet another sacrifice that He made for us so that our High Priest (Jesus) could be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. In the last verse of Matthew, chapter three, Jesus saw heaven opened. The Spirit of God descended upon Him in the form of a dove. The voice of God spoke on that occasion, declaring that Jesus was His beloved Son, and that He (the Father) was well pleased with Him (the Son). It appears that immediately following His baptism that the Spirit (perhaps still in the form of a dove) led Jesus up into the wil...