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Imagine waking up one morning to the car of your dreams sitting in your driveway. It is brand new. Not just new off of the showroom, but it went from the showroom to the custom shop where it was decked out with all the bells and whistles. Quickly it was then sent over to the
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Now, let’s look at the conduct of our walk. Eph. 5:9-14 gives us what living in the light is to actually look like. These verses say, “9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
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I want you to close your eyes. Keep them closed. If they are closed, then you shouldn’t be reading this. Ok, now open your eyes. What did you see when your eyes were closed? Well, if you weren’t peeking like I’m sure that you were (how else would you have made it this far?), then
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I can’t think of anything more positive or practical in our life than walking in the likeness and love of God. However, the positive gives way to the negative. Eph. 5:1-2 describes those in Christ and encourages us and exhorts us to live accordingly to our position of being in Him. Eph. 5:3-7 will be
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What you say matters. How you talk matters. Your speech is an expression of your character. What you do matters. How you walk matters. Your lifestyle is an expression of your character. You can tell who a person is based on how they talk. Jesus said in Matthew 15:18, “But those things which proceed out
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Now, let’s get to the positive side of this passage. If we are to walk worthy, it is not enough to know how to not walk worthy. We must see the positive commands that are given and the motivation behind a worthy walk in Christ. Like the previous thoughts on how to not walk worthy,
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C.S. Lewis wrote, “There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan.” Satan is always seeking to counteract the work of God in the lives of believers and the Church as a whole Body. Just as God has a desire for you
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If we were to take part in a survey about our feelings toward fried chicken livers, there would be a variety of answers to choose from. There would be the crowd, more than likely a small minority who can’t get enough of them. Another crowd would be the ones who think chicken livers are just
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Secondly, we must respond to God’s excellent sufficiency. Read Eph. 3:20 once again. Just for good measure, one more time. Now, we must see here as well that God is not only excellent in His ability but also His sufficiency. God is the only self-sufficient being. He is eternally self-existent and therefore eternally self-sufficient. God
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As we have been studying the book of Ephesians there has been a great deal of doctrinal truth that has been presented in the first three chapters. The doctrinal truth is to be transformational truth applied by faith in our daily walk. Throughout Ephesians, there has been a threefold theme of doctrine, doxology, and devotion.
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