Weekly "Call To Worship" Encouragement

(NIV 1984) Ephesians 1: 3-9

(3) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 

• We are blessed

(4) For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. 

• We are chosen

• We are holy and blameless in his sight

In love (5) he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will (6) to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 

• We are loved by God

• We have a predestined path of adoption

• We are adopted as His children

• We received His grace, freely given to us

(7) In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace (8) that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 

• God lavishes us with His grace

• We have redemption through His blood

• We have forgiveness of sins

(9) And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment–to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

• We have Christ

Praise be to the God that we come to worship today.