God is real. Angels are real. Satan is real. Demons are real. There is a battle going on we can’t see. One of good and evil. (Hollywood didn’t think that stuff up.) It’s happening every day, and I believe all the more as the day of the Lord draws closer. We’re in Ephesians 6:10-13 today talking about what it means to be strong in the Lord. And I’m telling you, it doesn’t include sitting around in our Christian comfy pants.

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Whether you work in an office, on a job site, or at home—we have a responsibility and a purpose centered around one thing: the gospel of Jesus Christ. It's for this purpose Paul urges slaves to obey their masters in Ephesians 6:5-9 not just with eye-service but a sincere heart. And it's for the same purpose that today - we do the same. We're talking about the work place today (including you, stay-at-home mama's) so come along friends because we've got things to talk about!

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Continuing his mandates on submission, the Apostle Paul turns his attention to the family as we dive into Ephesians 6. Specifically, his command is for the kids. But as we dig deeper, I think we’ll see it’s actually for us parents. Discipline is today’s topic. If you have kids, we’ve got some things to talk about.

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Have you ever heard the argument that the Bible is unfair to women? It's out there, but it's not true. And it's proven right here in Ephesians 5:25-33.

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Submission is not a popular word, especially when it's regarding women verses men. Or better yet, a wife to her husband. The world tells us submission is a weakness, but God says something much different. But what does it mean for a wife to submit to her husband? Does it mean we bow to his every whim? No and to say so is to grossly take the Bible out of context. We're in Ephesians 5:22-24 today.

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After directing the Ephesians to be “filled with the Spirit” Paul goes on to say in Ephesians 5:19-21, “but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.”

And at first glance it may seem as though Paul is just adding to our already longer than we'd hoped "to do" list. Not only should you be filled with the Spirit but now you need to walk around singing and being thankful and submitting to everyone. Um, really Paul? No. Actually, he's simply elaborating on the benefits of being filled with the Spirit. The result of letting the Spirit lead. Aka. the believer's benefit package and it's amazing!

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So how would you explain the filling of the Holy Spirit? Does it seem like a foreign concept to you too? Paul says to be filled with the Spirit, so we are tackling the idea today to hopefully gain a better understanding of what it really means.

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You can be really smart apart from knowing Christ. You can build stuff and know stuff and research stuff and speak way over my head on various subjects, without having Christ as your Savior, but you can’t be wise. Wisdom comes from God alone. So what's the difference between being smart and being wise? Well, I'm glad you asked because that's where we're headed.

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We are great at pointing out people’s sin, but how good are we at pointing those same people to Christ? Ephesians 5:8 says, “For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” But what does it really mean to walk as children of light?

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We’ve all had moments we weren’t sure we wanted to claim our family or our ancestry or our kids, but what about our Christianity? Ephesians 5:1 says we're to look and act just like our Father in heaven. So is there a family resemblance? There should be. The Apostle Paul doesn't beat around the bush in Ephesians 5:1-6, so neither do we.

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