June 13 Ephesians 6:10-24 (ESV) The Whole Armor of God 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against [...]
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June 13 Ephesians 6:10-24
Posted: June 13, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ephesians, June Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible study, daily Bible, Ephesians, June 13 Ephesians 6:10-24, June Bible Readings, Scripture
Words of wisdom from Paul
Posted: June 12, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JulyTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Scripture, Words of wisdom from Paul
John Piper on “Raising Children Who Hope in the Triumph of God” Paul says, “Don’t provoke your children to anger.” What does he mean? He doesn’t mean don’t cross their will. He doesn’t mean don’t deny their desires. He means don’t cross their will for no good purpose. Don’t deny their desires without making it [...]
June 12 Ephesians 6:1-9
Posted: June 12, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ephesians, June Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ephesians, June 12 Ephesians 6:1-9, Scripture
June 12 Ephesians 6:1-9 (ESV) Children and Parents 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring [...]
Where do we find ultimate joy?
Posted: June 11, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Christian Hedonism, Christian Hedonism and Marriage, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, joy, marriage, Scripture, Where do we find ultimate joy?
John Piper, in a sermon, “Marriage: A Matrix of Christian Hedonism”- Christ died for the church in order that he might present to himself a beautiful bride. He endured the cross for the joy of marriage that was set before him. But what is the ultimate joy of the church? Is it not to be presented as [...]
June 11 Ephesians 5:22-33
Posted: June 11, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ephesians, June Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ephesians, June Bible Readings, Scripture
June 11 Ephesians 5:22-33 (ESV) Wives and Husbands 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything [...]
Piper: The paradoxes of our lives really do fit together in God’s mind
Posted: June 10, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, Paradox and tension in Ephesians 5, Scripture, the paradoxes of our lives really do fit together in God's mind
John Piper says, One way to describe the Christian life is to say that it is made up of paradoxes. That means that there are things in our lives that don’t seem to make sense, don’t seem to fit with other things in our lives. And yet we Christians have seen enough of God’s power [...]
June 10 Ephesians 5:1-21
Posted: June 10, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ephesians, June Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ephesians, June 10 Ephesians 5:1-21, June Bible Readings, Scripture
June 10 Ephesians 5:1-21 (ESV) Walk in Love 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among [...]
John Piper: The Gap Called Grudge
Posted: June 9, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, John Piper: The Gap Called Grudge, Scripture
Six Goals of Satan in Getting You to Hold Grudges by John Piper According to [Ephesians 4] verse 27 this is what Satan is watching for—the gap called grudge. If there is any way that Satan can assist you to hold a grudge, he will do it. For there are six goals of Satan which are greatly [...]
June 9 Ephesians 4:25-32
Posted: June 9, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Ephesians, June Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ephesians, June Bible Readings, Scripture
June 9 Ephesians 4:25-32 (ESV) 25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and give no opportunity to the devil. 28 Let the thief no longer steal, but [...]
Prayer: wartime walkie-talkie or civilian intercom?
Posted: June 13, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, prayer, Prayer: wartime walkie-talkie or civilian intercom?, Scripture
John Piper on Ephesians 6, “The Weapon Serves the Wielding Power”-: …I have been impressed more than ever before that God has given us prayer not as an intercom for increased convenience in our secluded cottages, but as a walkie-talkie connecting the general’s headquarters with the transportation line and the field hospital and the front [...]