How do we find deep purpose in life? How do we grow and mature as a person? How can a person of faith be a peace-maker when religion so often is divisive? We’ll discuss how each of these important questions are addressed in this passage.
Paul’s second and final prayer for the people in Ephesus asks them to see that the highest ambition of our faith is to know and experience the limitless love of God. While beyond our ability to fully comprehension, God’s love holds the power to transform us at the very root of our being.
How do we deal with discouragement? How do we make sense of our suffering? Paul interrupts himself in this very autobiographical and pastoral segment to share the secret to these age-old struggles.
The grace of God frees us from old labels of our past, grants us a new identity for our present, and positions a cornerstone for our eternal future through the work and person of Jesus Christ.
What was Jesus doing in the last moments before his arrest? He was praying for us. He wasn’t consumed with what was happening to him. He was sincerely interested in us and the quality of life we would live.
Once freed from the burden of our brokenness, we are released into a life made for carrying each other and restoring one another to fullness of life in Christ.