Monday, November 29, 2010

a letter to the Ephesians.. and us

Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love.

we're a free people... And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free

It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for.

It wasn't so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us [did] what we felt like doing

[God], immense in mercy and with an incredible love... embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ.

God is building a home. He's using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he's using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together.

When we trust in him...

...that Christ will live in you

Reach out and experience the breadth


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