Sunday, October 27, 2024 – Dereck Frymier, Lead Pastor

Save the date! Saturday, November 9 we will be serving the city of Greenwood together through tangible arts of service. Chick-fil-A breakfast provided & teams gather at 8:30AM, serving from 9AM-noon. All ages are welcome and families can serve together.

WELCOME HOME – A Study in Ephesians

The Family Prayer

(Philippians 4:6) Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

(Ephesians 3:16) I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being

1. The prayer is for

(Acts 1:8) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you

● The Holy Spirit gives us the power to change

● The Holy Spirit empowers us to overcome 

● The Holy Spirit empowers us to make wise decisions

(Mark 8:36) what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?

2.The prayer is to know

(Ephesians 3:17-19) so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

(John 13:35) Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples 

(Romans 13:8) Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. 

(1 Thessalonians 3:12) And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows. 

(1 John 4:7) Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 

(1 Peter 4:8) Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

(Ephesians 3:18-19) 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge

(John 3:16) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son

(Ephesians 3:19) to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

3. The prayer is

(Ephesians 3:20) Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us

(Matthew 8:1-2) When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2 A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

(Matthew 8:3) Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy

1. Jesus is willing

● It doesn’t matter how dark the situation: Jesus is willing

● It doesn’t matter how hopeless: Jesus is willing

● It doesn’t matter how many people have rejected you: Jesus is willing

2. Jesus is able

What is the Holy Spirit speaking to you today?

Did you make a fresh start with God today?

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