Coty Pinckney on Ephesians 2:11-22 In addition to each of us being dead in our trespasses and sins, we Gentiles are not part of God’s chosen people. How could these great blessings outlined in Chapter 1 apply to us? Paul answers that question in these verses,(Eph. 2:11-22) telling us to remember one thing, and to know two things. The [...]
Archive for the ‘Ephesians’ Category
No Peace Without Him
Posted: June 4, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Coty Pinckney, daily Bible, Ephesians, No Jesus no peace Know Jesus know peace, No Peace Without Him, Scripture
Jesus Fills All Things
Posted: June 2, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, Jesus Fills All Things, Scripture
John Piper on Ephesians 1:23- Christ fills all in all. Verse 23: “Which is his body, the fullness of him [i.e., Christ] who fills all in all.” So Christ fills all in all. Or as the present tense and the middle voice imply: Christ is now filling for himself all in all. I take this [...]
God’s Invincible Purpose in Our Salvation
Posted: June 1, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, God's Invincible Purpose in Our Salvation, God's purpose, Scripture
We begin our reading of Ephesians this month. Here is a snippet from a sermon by John Piper, “God Has Chosen Us in Him Before the Foundation of the Earth” God’s purpose in the salvation of his people is invincible—it cannot fail—because it is based first not on our choosing God but on God’s choosing [...]
In the Morgue, Not the Doghouse
Posted: September 27, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, dead in our sin, dead in our sins, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, In the Morgue Not the Doghouse, Scripture
Ephesians 2:1-10 By Grace Through Faith 2:1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the [...]
Prayer is a Wartime Walkie-Talkie
Posted: June 13, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, prayer, Prayer is a Wartime Walkie-Talkie, Scripture, sermon, wartime prayer
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 [...]
Paul’s Parental Wisdom
Posted: June 12, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, discipline, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, Paul's Parental Wisdom, Scripture
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 [...]
Christian Hedonism and Marriage
Posted: June 11, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, Christian Hedonism, Christian Hedonism and Marriage, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, husbands love your wives, marriage, Scripture
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 [...]
Paradox and tension in Ephesians 5
Posted: June 10, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Paradox and tension in Ephesians 5, Scripture, urgency and gratitude
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 [...]
The Gap Called Grudge
Posted: June 9, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Ephesians, forgiveness, grudges, Scripture, The Gap Called Grudge
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 [...]
Painter? God….Brushes? Us!
Posted: June 5, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Ephesians, JuneTags: Painter? God....Brushes? Us!
John Piper asks us to: Picture in your mind a great, wise painter, painting on a huge canvas with many brushes, most of them very ordinary and messy. The painter is God, so you can’t picture him. He’s invisible. But he intends for his painting to be the visible display of his wisdom. He knows [...]