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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
When we start to grasp His power that He uses for us and in us, that should get the heart pumping!
INTRODUCTION • How many of you woke up with excitement and anticipation concerning the prospect of coming together with your brothers and sisters in Christ to worship? (I AM TAKING NAMES ) • Does the thought of waking up each day knowing you get to serve the Lord excite you? Or ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Can such a great Christian exist without prayer? Today we enter his prayer closet.
Paul: Man of Prayer? Ephesians 1:15-23 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/130213.mp3 When we think of prayer warriors we think of Moses praying for his people, David confessing his sins and seeking help, Elijah on Mt. Carmel calling down fire from heaven, or Daniel praying when it was against the law ...read more
Denomination: Baptist
We need to understand who we are in Jesus.
The Eyes of Your Heart June 8, 2008 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We need to understand who we are in Jesus. Focus Passage: Ephesians 1:15-23 Introduction: I. The Hope of His Calling a. We are who He will use II. Riches of the glory of His ...read more
Our growing knowledge of God enables us to remain committed to Him.
In Ephesians 1:1-14, Paul praised God that in Christ all spiritual blessings are ours. Since we have these spiritual blessings Paul prayed that the Ephesians would know God better (vv. 17-18). How can one know God better? 1. By our Faith in God and our Love for God’s People (vv. ...read more
Paul writes to the church of the Ephesians concerning the results of their faith: 1. They have the possibility to know Christ better. 2. They have an inward awareness of Hope. 3. They have an encounter with resurrection power.
The Results of Your Faith Ephesians 1:15-23 1. The Apostle tells the Ephesians as a result of their Faith they have the Possibility to know Christ Better. • 15Paul says,"becasue of your faith in the Lord Jesus, I keep praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the ...read more
Denomination: Methodist
Sermon for the 7th Sunday of Easter, Year B
– 23 / The Eyes Of Your Heart Intro: Open the eyes of my heart, Lord. Open the eyes of my heart. I want to see You. I want to see You. To see You high and lifted up shinin' in the light of Your glory. Pour out Your power and love as we sing holy, holy, holy. This song immediately ...read more
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Paul's pride and joy was the good news he had received about the Ephesian believers that led to commendation of them and prayer for them.
Paul’s Pride and Joy Ephesians - Live Like You Really Are Chuck Sligh May 20, 2012 POWERPOINT: There is a PowerPoint presentation for this sermon available by requesting it from me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Ephesians 1:15-16 – “Wherefore I also, after I heard of your ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-16
Paul's desire was for the Ephesians to know Christ deeply. This sermon emphasizes the need to know CHRIST, not focus on rules, issues and doctrinal minutia.
Paul’s Prayer for Enlightenment - Part 1: To Know Christ Deeply Ephesians - Live Like You Really Are Chuck Sligh June 2, 2012 A PowerPoint presentation of this sermon is available by mailing a request to me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Ephesians 1:15-1:23 – Wherefore I also, after ...read more
Paul's prayer for enlightenment for the Ephesians included an His prayer request that they discover the assurance of their calling to eternal glory.
Paul’s Prayer For Enlightenment – Part 2 Ephesians - Live Like You Really Are Chuck Sligh June 10, 2012 POWERPOINT: There is a PowerPoint presentation for this sermon available by requesting it from me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Ephesians 1:15-1:18 – Wherefore I also, ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-18
This is the sermon we preached on our 23rd anniversary as pastors of the church. It chronicles God's blessings upon us.
Our God is an awesome God. God reigns from heaven above, with wisdom power and love our God is an awesome God. Today we celebrate 23 years of love and of ministry together as pastors and congregation. If someone were to ask us to sum up our experience together, it would have to be , ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:14-21
God has graced us with every spiritual gift that we need for life and godliness, and has given us power through the Holy Spirit to life the life of grace.
I. OPEN: Spiritual Superheroes, even though we don’t always feel like it A. Do you like Superman? “Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.” Whenever Lois Lane, or a careless child, was in danger, and there was ...read more
Denomination: Anglican
Why do we find it so hard to focus on our spiritual blessings in Christ? Why do the things of this world seem so much more attractive than the things of the next? It is because we can see the things of this world. That's why Paul prays for us to have a
Ephesians 1:15-23 When I was a young adult, about 20 years, I was part of a youth/young adults group at the church I was going to. One day one of our youth leaders had a bright idea. We would all climb Mt Beerwah, in the Glasshouse Mountains. He told us the sunrise from the top was spectacular, ...read more
Who we are meant to be as shown by the book of Ephesians
I Am Destined Series: Becoming Who We Are (Engaging Ephesians) Brad Bailey - January 19, 2014 Introduction Do you have hope? I don't mean simply hope about what you might do today or tomorrow....I mean ultimate hope. Do you know your ultimate destiny? > That is what I believe God wants to speak ...read more
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Seated in the heavenlies, head over all things, exercising dominion, filling all things for the church.
IMPLICATIONS OF THE ASCENSION OF JESUS. Ephesians 1:15-23. This single-sentence prayer is a follow-up to the single-sentence praise of Ephesians 1:3-14. God has blessed Paul’s readers with faith (Ephesians 1:15), so the Apostle ceases not to give thanks for them, and continues to pray for them ...read more
The majesty and practicality of one of the most wonderful books in the Bible.
WHY I LOVE EPHESIANS: A short outline. It begins with praise to God for all our blessings in Christ. It places the source of our salvation, even of our faith, squarely on the shoulders of God. It proclaims the mystery of salvation, the unsearchable riches of Christ. It reminds the Church ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-23, Ephesians 2:1-22, Ephesians 3:1-21, Ephesians 4:1-32, Ephesians 5:1-33, Ephesians 6:1-24 (view more) (view less)
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