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NOTES & LINKS:
21 Days of Reading Ephesians Website

Men's and Women's Summer Studies Info

Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team 

NOTES & LINKS:
21 Days of Reading Ephesians Website

Men's and Women's Summer Studies Info

Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team 

NOTES & LINKS:
21 Days of Reading Ephesians Website

Men's and Women's Summer Studies Info

Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team 

NOTES & LINKS:
21 Days of Reading Ephesians Website

Men's and Women's Summer Studies Info

Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team 

NOTES & LINKS:
21 Days of Reading Ephesians Website

Men's and Women's Summer Studies Info

Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team 

Today's Passage: Ephesians 6:18-24

Today's Prayer:

Lord, as Paul closes his letter to the Ephesians, 

I am struck by his final phrase regarding the type of love that comes from you, Jesus. 

He calls your love, “incorruptible”. 

Master, how powerful is this word to me, especially in our day and time. 

Not merely for the corruption that I see in the world around me. 

But for my own corrupted heart. 
 How frequent is my love corrupted by sin and selfishness. 

Yet, yours is pure. 

And it is this love that we have access to in sharing with those around us. 

This, like Paul, gives us courage to speak boldly about you! 

May we stay close to your word, close to your heart, close to this incorruptible love. 

For it is the fountain of everlasting life for our weary souls, and for those souls we interact with every day. 

May we continue, even after these 21 days, to meditate on your word, for it is life.

Amen.

Thanks for joining us. Grace be with you, who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible. 

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Today's Passage: Ephesians 6:10-18a

Today's Prayer:

Our great defender and our strong tower, it is in you we have ability to stand. 

Because of all that you have done, we can stand. 

So often I remember these verses from times of my childhood – 

times in my Sunday school classes. 

Yet, as my mind wanders to these sweet memories and songs, 

may I be reminded how powerful these verses truly are for me today. 

Just as you clothed Adam and Eve in the Garden, so you clothe us. 

Now, not to cover our shame, but to bear arms with the seal of Christ. 

The insignia of Jesus is on our chest and shield. 

You, Holy Father, equip and clothe us. 

You provide these items that we need to defend the flaming arrows. 

You arm us with the power of your word, that is like a two-sided sword. 

May we remember your provisions in times of need. 

May we lean into your protection. 

May we remember that in you we stand. 

It’s in you we stand. 

May we stand and remember who we are, for we more deeply know who you are. 

Amen.

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Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team 

Today's Passage: Ephesians 6:1-9

Today's Prayer:

Lord, you are our great Father.

You are our great master. Our Lord. 

Whether in Roman culture or early American culture, we have a tragic past in the handling of Your image bearers, and those who are siblings in Christ, as lesser beings. 

Father forgive us.

As Paul confronts this, He points both slaves and masters to You as our great Lord and master. 

We all answer to you. 

The concept of slavery has changed in our Christian language, as so often it now relates to our bondage to sin.

How ironic it is for us to consider slavery to YOU as freedom, for Paul says to the Romans, “You have been set free from sin and slaves to God.”

It is in submission to you that we find true freedom. 

May you deeply teach us what this means as our independent spirit wrestles against the concept of slavery. 

As a Father, a people-pleaser, a man who has looked at others as less than, and a man who has found himself in bondage, I am convicted in these verses. 

God, how often I want things to look good or do well... for me. 

Yet, you call me to have a sincere heart. 

That I trust in you. 

That I bear the burdens of those in my life. 

That I would love my brother as myself. 

And that I would love you with my whole heart. 

This, I believe is the sincerity of heart. Would you convict us and challenge in this today. 

For the moms and dads, I pray for patience in this space as they wrestle with the souls of their children, like you wrestle with us. 

For the children contemplating what honor means, may you give clarity.

For the fathers seeking your peace, may you provide it.

May we listen to these words with refreshed ears to hear you speak to us again. 

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
21 Days of Reading Ephesians Website

Men's and Women's Summer Studies Info

Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team 

Today's Passage: Ephesians 5:22-33

Today's Prayer:
Oh Lord we love you.

We praise you. 

You loved us, your bride, the church, and gave yourself up for us. 

You sanctify us, cleansing us with the washing of the water with the word. 

Because of you, we are holy and without blemish. 

Lord you know the word submission brings out a lot of feelings. 

Submission is the opposite of what the world preaches. 

But Jesus you submitted to your Father – don't let us forget that. 

When we feel too important or grand to submit to you and your will, 

remind us of your prayer in the garden "yet not my will, but yours be done." 

When we feel too important to submit to one another, 

remind us that you are calling us to holiness and humility – because you are holy and humble. 

Thank you that you Lord that have taught us what it means to lay down our lives for another. 

You don't call us to anything you haven't experienced. 

We can trust you. 

You are worthy to be followed and we praise you. 

Amen.

NOTES & LINKS:
21 Days of Reading Ephesians Website

Men's and Women's Summer Studies Info

Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team