The commercial referred to in the intro can be seen here: http://goo.gl/3QkT7C When we put up boundaries and walls and go into lock down protection mode, it isn’t because we love, it’s because we’ve been hurt. Bitterness is small, but if left to grow, it will burn your life down.

Loving to speak the truth is not the same as speaking the truth in love.

The second half of Ephesians begins with the call for unity.

The first half of Ephesians crescendos with the great prayer for spiritual strength.

The Church is significant because she reveals the mystery of God’s love.

Christ makes beauty out of the broken.

The cross shows us two things: 1) our sin is that serious, and 2) God’s love is that strong. Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God opens the grade book and gives us an A+.

When there is fog in our life, we barely SEE what God is doing and barely REMEMBER what God has done. What we need, is the sun to shine. When the sun shines, it brings light and heat, which makes the fog flee.

We have access to every spiritual blessing in Christ.

If your pain isn’t transformed, it will be transmitted. Disunity is the heartache of heaven.” The greatest cause of disunity is unforgiveness.