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Ephesians 1:15-19

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Ephesians 1:15-19

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  1. Ephesians 1:15-19 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe

  2. Be a _________________ in life LOVING PERSON Ephesians 1:15-16a – Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:

  3. Key word: ________ JESUS 1 Corinthians 1:4-7 – Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

  4. Have a ________________ to life WISE APPROACH Ephesians 1:17-18 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. NIV • Our time is short, _____________________________ SO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

  5. Job 8:8-9 "Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned, 9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. NIV Psalm 107:43 Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the Lord.

  6. SO DO WHAT IS RIGHT • Our time is limited, ________________________ Job 32:9 It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right. NIV James 3:13-14 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

  7. GROUP QUESTION: Read Proverbs 2:1-20. • Give a definition for wisdom (Knowledge applied.) • How is wisdom beneficial in your: Relationships, families, future. • According to Ephesians 1:17, Why does God give us the spirit of wisdom? (To know him better!)

  8. ENLIGHTENED RELATIONSHIP Live an ______________________ for life Ephesians 1:18-19 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. NIV

  9. TEACHING SALVATION KNOW THE HOPE • Living an Enlightened life is about ________________________ • Key Phrase: “______________________” John 1:6-9 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. NIV

  10. REMAINING IN SALVATION KNOW THE INHERITANCE • Living an Enlightened life is about ______________________________ • Key Phrase: “_____________________________” Hebrews 6:4-6 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. NIV

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