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21 Days of Reading Scripture Day Nine | Ephesians 3:7-13 May 14, 2024

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Today's Prayer:
Father, your manifold wisdom is beyond our understanding.
You don’t see as the world sees.
You use the least of all the saints.
You are not held back by our earthly constraints.
Your ways are better.
Empower us to speak the truth of your Word.
Work through our lives to bring light to a broken world.
Stir a passion within our hearts to make known the beauty of the Gospel.
We are in awe of your wisdom.
We are in awe of the magnitude of your plan.
Let us not lose heart.
Create in us a boldness and confidence that only you can give.
Use your church to display the beauty and complexity of your wisdom.
Stir something new in us today.
Amen.

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21 Days of Reading Scripture Day Eight | Ephesians 3:1-6 May 13, 2024

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 3:1-6

Today's Prayer:

Father, help us today as we long to grasp the mystery of the Gospel.

You have given us your Word that we might read and know the truth of who you are.

You have given us your Word that we might be encouraged and bound together as one body.

As we hear your Word spoken over us, allow your people to have clarity.

Create in us a depth of insight that only your Spirit can provide.

You have promised unity with our fellow heirs.

You have promised the unmatched hope of Christ.

As we seek to understand, allow our eyes to be opened and our hearts to be turned to you.

As we continue reading and reflecting on Paul’s words to the Ephesians,

Remind us that you are faithful to include us in your work,

Remind us that your plan is greater than our circumstances.

Remind us that your grace is unmatched.

Amen.

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21 Days of Reading Scripture Day Seven | Ephesians 2:18-22 May 12, 2024

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 2:18-22

Today's Prayer:
Father, you have joined us together and called us your dwelling place.

You have called us fellow citizens and invited us in.

You have built a firm foundation and given us your Son as the cornerstone.

You have given us your Spirit that we may know you more fully.

Let us not forget that we were once lost, strangers without a home,

But you have called us your own.

You have hemmed us in.

Let us not forget that we were once easily swayed, tossed to and fro by the waves,

But you have given us a firm foundation.

You have joined us together and strengthened the body.

Let us not forget that we were once unable to come before you, unable to know you deeply,

But you have chosen us as your dwelling place.

Your Spirit dwells within us and is transforming our lives.

Keep us close to your side.

Create in us a longing for more of you.

Teach us to love one another deeply.

Amen.

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21 Days of Reading Scripture Day Six | Ephesians 2:11-17 May 11, 2024

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 2:11-17

Today's Prayer:
Father, you have called us to remember.

Remind us today that we were once far from you.

Separated from Christ, and unable to grasp the hope that only you can give.

But, in your great mercy, you sent your only Son.

You bridged the gap, through the blood of Christ.

Remind us today that you alone are our peace.

You have overcome the law, making us one in Christ.

You have created a way and have called us to live in unity as one body.

We confess we are a people who are quick to forget.

Quick to find ourselves longing to return to Egypt.

Quick to question your ways and attempt to fix things on our own.

Quick to forget to love one another as you have so extravagantly loved us.

Lord, remind us today.

You are our hope.

You are our peace.

We are brought near by the blood of Christ.

We are made one through the cross.

Your ways are always better.

Your love is unfailing.

Thank you for continuing to draw us near and reveal yourself to us.

Amen.

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21 Days of Reading Scripture Day Five | Ephesians 2:8-10 May 10, 2024

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 2:8-10

Today's Prayer:
Father, we were created by you and for you.

You have prepared our steps, and you have numbered our days.

You have invited us to join you in the work of your Kingdom.

We are your workmanship.

Yet, we are quick to assume we can earn your love.

We so often find ourselves working harder, checking the boxes of our spiritual to-do list.

So quick to forget that your grace is a gift, not a thing to be earned.

Lord, keep us from boasting in our own works.

Remind us today that we are your workmanship.

Remind us that we need only have faith and walk in the path you have prepared before us.

Thank you for allowing us to join you in your work.

Thank you for sending your Son to show us the way.

Help us to know you deeply and hear your voice clearly.

Help us to walk in step with your Spirit.

Amen.

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21 Days of Reading Scripture Day Four | Ephesians 2:1-7 May 09, 2024

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 2:1-7

Today's Prayer:
Father, you alone are our redeemer and our hope.

You have called us your own.

You know every part of our hearts.

You know every harsh word that has come from our mouths.

You know every worldly desire that consumes our thoughts.

Yet, in your great love, so rich in mercy, you chose to make us alive with Christ.

When we find ourselves caught up in the shame of our short comings,

When we find ourselves discouraged by the same struggles that we have yet to overcome,

May we remember that you are a Father who is rich in mercy.

May we remember that you alone bring true, everlasting life.

May we remember that you draw us into a new family and seat us in heavenly places.

Lord, we long to understand the fullness of your great love for us.

We long for the day when we will see you face to face.

We long for the day when we will understand the immeasurable riches of your grace.

Draw us near in the waiting.

Teach us to walk in a way that brings glory to your name.

Use our imperfections to point to your great love, so rich in mercy.

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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21 Days of Reading Scripture: Day Three | Ephesians 1:15-23 May 08, 2024

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 1:15-23

Today's Prayer:
When I heard of the solid trust you have in the Master Jesus and your outpouring of love to all the followers of Jesus, I couldn’t stop thanking God for you—every time I prayed, I’d think of you and give thanks. But I do more than thank. I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!

And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church – Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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21 Days of Reading Scripture: Day Two | Ephesians 1:11-14 May 07, 2024

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 1:11-14

Today's Prayer:
Father, we give you thanks and praises for causing us to hope in Christ and calling us your possession. For making us your children and heirs. Today, we choose to lay hold of the hope that is ours in Christ. In the places of our lives where we’re resigned and exhausted, we speak the hope God. In the seemingly intractable situations in which we find ourselves, we speak the hope of God. In the places of tender green buds barely pushing above ground, we speak the hope of God. In hard decisions that need to be made today, we speak the hope of God.

Jesus, we give you thanks and praises for both being and bringing the Good News. We say there is none like you.

Spirit, we give you thanks and praises for sealing us, for confirming that we are indeed the Fathers, for making us holy - separated and set apart for God. For marking us as His and for guaranteeing our inheritance. Set us aflame today with the resounding reality that we belong to a King and Kingdom that is beyond what we can see. With the resounding reality that we are not paupers but heirs of the Most High.

And in response, we choose to live our lives today for the praise of Your glory. Strengthen our faith today. Call us to remember your faithfulness. We claim the hope that is ours as we call to mind who you are and what you have done from the beginning of all time to this time and THIS day, and what you will do to the end of all time.

We put your grace and power and perfection on full display.

We choose lives that magnify you.

All of us for all of who you are.

NOTES & LINKS:
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21 Days of Reading Scripture: Day One | Ephesians 1:1-10 May 06, 2024

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 1:1-10

Today's Prayer:
Father, we thank you, for how you have named us as saints.

For how You are right now speaking a truer and better identity over us - calling us blessed, chosen, holy, blameless, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, and lavished with grace.
Not just Blessed… but Blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places…

Not just Chosen… but Chosen before the foundation of the world, that we should be…

Not just Holy… but without blame…

Not just Tolerated…but Adopted according to your good pleasure…

[Not just Accepted…but Accepted in the Beloved]

Not just Redeemed…but a permanent redemption through Your blood, and

Forgiven…of all our sins…

And Lavished with Grace…over and over again…

Father, it’s almost too good to be true! It would be enough to be known by you, but to be named as an adopted son or a daughter is scarcely more than we can comprehend.

Jesus, we praise you for your goodness over us. Your sacrifice for us. Your deep care and attention toward us. May praise be our response to all You have accomplished on our behalf.

Spirit, as we walk throughout this day, lead us in this truth. Keep our identity ever before us. We choose to walk as a particular kind of people.

It is in the strong name of Jesus that we pray…

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
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21 Days of Reading Scripture | Ephesians Introduction May 05, 2024

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We long to be a people committed to knowing our Father intimately, being attuned to where He is at work, and knowing His promises. We long to be a people who remember His ways are true and better. We long to be a people committed to learning and trusting His Word.

Throughout the month of May—a month that can easily overwhelm and distract—our prayer is to draw our body closer to the Father through the reading of Scripture.

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