Sermons on Ephesians 1:5-6:

God's Forever Plan Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 12, 2021

Everything in history is moving according to His plan. To know there is a plan in the midst of a crisis is wonderfully reassuring.

Darren Goforth was a 10-year veteran of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office when he was murdered at a suburban Houston Chevron station just two Fridays ago. While many of us were busy heading out to enjoy Friday night football, authorities say the deputy was the victim of a “cold-blooded ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Denomination: Baptist

4 Gifts When God Adopts You Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 14, 2021

The cross of Jesus gives you a great gift to enjoy right now. The gospel frees you up to be the person you were made to be.

Do You Know Who You Are? I don’t mean if you have proper identification. So many people struggle with the security of knowing who they are really are. Let me tell you a quick story of a United Airlines gate agent. A United Airlines gate agent in Denver, Colorado, several years was confronted with a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

What For?

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jan 2, 2021

What God has done for us and how we understand it. Then what do we do after we received Gods precious gift?

Our text today offers us an opportunity to explore what we, as God’s children, have done with his words and how we understand them. The "What for?" question. That is to see what is expected of us after we know Him as Savior. We can start out with a wonderful based Scripture ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How To Overcome The Winter Blues!

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Jan 6, 2019

Want to figure out how to cure the winter blues? The cold weather and all those bills can really get a person down but if we remember we are the Lord's portion by sovereign choice, by purchase, by conquest and by faith we can leap for joy!

The Lord’s Portion Deuteronomy 32:9, Ephesians 1:3-14 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 To see where the quotes were used and to see a live video go to the above website As frosted air forces its way into our lungs and our teeth chatter as we jar our frozen car door ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:9, Ephesians 1:3-14

Denomination: Baptist

What's In Your Wallet? Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jan 13, 2019

This is the 1st sermon in the "Accounting" series from the Book of Ephesians.

Series: Accounting [#1] WHAT’S IN YOUR WALLET? Ephesians 1:1-6 Introduction: Capital One has numerous commercials of crazy things happening; but the Capital One credit card holder being protected. At the end of the commercial, they always ask the question, “What’s in your wallet?” The Book of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

In Christ, I Am...chosen For God's Glory Series

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Aug 17, 2018

Who are we? In Christ, we are CHOSEN FOR GOD'S GLORY. That makes us glorious, and gives meaning and purpose in our lives.

IN CHRIST, I AM…CHOSEN FOR GOD’S GLORY—Ephesians 1:1-14 (Series on Ephesians: In Christ, I Am…) Did you hear about the woman in Iceland who spent half the night trying to find herself—literally? Her tour bus had stopped in the volcanic Eldgja region of Iceland, and she went into a rest area to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Martyr's Mindset

Contributed by Samuel Sampson on Aug 27, 2018

We are not called to be martyrs in Christianity, but we are called to love God even to the point of readily giving up this temporal life if need be.

—The Martyrs Mindset— "Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you."—Philippians 3:15 We find quite often nowadays in the news, stories like: —'3 men summarily executed by Saudi authorities for converting to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-23, Acts 7:51-60

Gods Perspective Is Our Mindset Series

Contributed by Vince Miller on Aug 28, 2018

A vantage point is a place from which your point of view is generated. In Jesus Christ, God sees us through a completely righteous lens.

I believe that perspective is absolutely key in the spiritual life for us men. Guys, perspective changes everything. And on this journey of becoming the man that God wants us to be -there’s a cavernous difference sometimes between how we view ourselves, and how God views us. And part of our ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Connecting To New Life (We Are Better Together)

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Sep 11, 2018

Connecting to New Life (We Are Better Together) Brad Bailey – September 9, 2018

Connecting to New Life (We Are Better Together) Brad Bailey – September 9, 2018 Intro It’s great to see you this morning… and to be together. I imagine that if asked “WHAT did you come to?”…when you came to church this morning…and “WHY did you come here this morning?”… there would be a variety of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Live Life Like You Were Living!

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Aug 16, 2020

We have a heritage, we have a future, we also have a destiny! It’s time we stood up collectively together and reclaimed what has been stolen from under our very nose and is rightfully ours!

Live life like you were living! There are a lot of things that excite people in life. There’s music, sports, money excites a lot of people! What gets you going? Why does society become so excited over man made achievements and events in life? Wining an Oscar, or a Super Bowl ring everyone would ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-6, Psalm 23:1-3, Isaiah 43:16-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Lives And Reigns Series

Contributed by Nnaemeka Durueke on Apr 25, 2019

The earthly life of Jesus Christ was a very powerful life but the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ gave us the power to become sons of God and partakers of the divine nature.

THEME: IT IS FINISHED TOPIC: HE LIVES AND REIGNS MAIN TEXT: EPHESIANS 1:6-14 INTRODUCTION The Earthly life of Jesus Christ was a very powerful life but the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ gave us the power to become sons of God and partakers of the divine nature - 2 Peter 1:3-4. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:6-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Chosen, Redeemed, Sealed!

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Sep 20, 2019

A look through the book of Ephesians, celebrating the great news of Jesus!

Chosen, Redeemed and Sealed Ephesians 1:3-14 September 22, 2019 Have you ever thought about life in the sense of do-overs? People say hindsight is 20/20, and we would tend to agree . . . it’s always easy to look back and see what we should have or could have done. If you could do certain parts ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Denomination: Baptist

Take Hold Of The Eternal Life

Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 1, 2020

Consider different aspects of "Take Hold of the Eternal Life" from 1 Timothy 6:12 (Outline from Thomas Guthrie at: https://biblehub.com/sermons/auth/guthrie/man's_great_duty.htm)

HoHum: News article in April 1996 from Chico California- Person suspected of stealing and eating the cremated remains of 4 people in hopes of attaining “everlasting life” has been arrested. Rodney Hines, 36, told police he snorted some of the ashes and sprinkled others on his food because he ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12, Daniel 12:2, Hebrews 9:16-17, Ephesians 1:5, Titus 3:4-7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Are Blessed

Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Jan 19, 2023

The reality is that in Christ we have blessings that can't compare with anything here on earth. The first verses of Ephesians chapter one give us a view of what our situation really is – we are blessed!

Alba 1-15-2023 WE ARE BLESSED Ephesians 1:1-14 One night a wife found her husband standing over their infant's crib. As she watched him looking down at their very first baby, she saw on his face a mixture of emotions: ...disbelief, doubt, delight, amazement, enchantment, skepticism. Touched ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Heavenly Blessings Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Jun 24, 2023

Your Gifted in the church as Apostle, prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, and Teacher for to equip, to have unity and to maturity (Ephesians 4:11-13), live as children of light, to know what is pleasing to the Lord, live as wise, redeem most of the time, and understand the will of God.

Ephesians 1:1-6, Heavenly Blessings Greetings: The Lord is good and his love endures forever. GOOD MORNING SAINTS!! This month our theme is ‘Things from Above’ based on Colossians 3:2. Today, I would like to share with you the heavenly blessings we enjoy in our lives based on Ephesians 1:1-6. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-6

Denomination: Methodist