In the letter to the Ephesians, Paul the Apostle highlights the point that salvation for Jews and Gentiles is found in Christ alone. There is no superiority in being a Jew and no disadvantage to being a Gentile in. Christ. The call to salvation is to “ the who so ever …” Paul re-enforces the together-ness of salvation in Christ.

Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ …”  what an amazing truth in this verse of Scripture. David was a man who lived in this blessedness of God. Let’s explore the vastness of the blessings which Almighty God has bestowed on those who have received Redemption in Christ.

There are many rivers and water courses mentioned in the Bible, they are all very descriptive because they were vital to the life of the cities build by. Psalm 46 verse 4 mentions a “River” … the River of God. Jesus spoke in John 7:37 of “rivers of living water” Let’s look at this theme in Ephesians how in Christ the stream of Israel and the stream of believing gentiles (The Church) come together in God’s River of divine purpose.

Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians found in chapter 1, verse 18 for spiritual sight for the believers. Having understanding and being enlightened should give us an appetite for the things of God rather than the things of this world. Unity among Christians from all backgrounds is also a result of spiritual sight.

In this episode we delve into some historical events of Ephesus and how Paul came to be there. We will spend time defining a key verse (chapter 1, verse 9) “ … the mystery of His will … “ 

The book to the Ephesians written by Paul the Apostle. In this short epistle of six chapters, Paul packs so much of the plan, mind and will of God. To get an insight into this book we contrast it to the other epistles penned by Paul to understand the purpose of the Ephesian letter.  Resource of Watchman Nee’s book can be found on the following link .https://bibleandbookcenter.com/read/sit-walk-stand/

The Bible talks a lot about the gains that come after tremendous losses. We can take comfort from the Scripture that God will not forsake us and leave us in darkness, yes there is a "going through the valley of the shadow of death" and He will bring us through. (Psalm 124)

In this episode we continue to delve into how to recover from loss according to the Scriptures. But some losses are not retrievable, the Apostle Paul talks about this kind of loss.

In the last episode we were looking at the life of Naomi and Ruth and asking the question "can you recover or how do you recover from the loss of all things.

In this episode we look at practical steps and confessions to take towards recovery.

In this episode we revisit Naomi in the Book of Ruth. We delve into how we can avoid bitterness through the resulting negative attitudes which we must wrestle, even though loss is inevitable in life. (Psalm 37 emphasis on not being fretful being a significant key)