In this teaching we discover the power of story and how it shapes the way we live our lives. The Father is writing a new story for his people different from the story that the world is telling. We are chosen by him to be holy and blameless in his sight. We have been destined by him to be adopted as his children. And this all is made possible through the redemption that takes place in Jesus and the power of his Spirit.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,”

(Ephesians 1:3–7 ESV)