Tag: Today in the Word

Make this your prayer focus today, and invite others in your church or small group to join you in praying for growth in the household of Christ.

Before salvation in Christ, the Gentiles were “separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God”

For you are saved by grace through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.

The Spirit of God is a seal, deposit guaranteeing our inheritance, marking us as God’s property, or more accurately, as His family members and heirs.

God’s eternal purpose in salvation is to redeem and forgive us — one of the most joyful truths of the Christian faith!

It must be noted that all of God's purposes for us is Christ-centered. The blessings are in Christ. God chose us in Christ.

Paul wrote his letter to “God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus” (v. 1) between A.D. 60–62.

Humanity needs a spiritual bridge to span the gap between us and God. Only the bridge of Jesus Christ can effectively restore our relationship with God.

The Creator God took on a human body and walked among us. The phrase translated as “made his dwelling among us” uses the same Greek word that means “tabernacled among us.”

Christ, or the Messiah, was The Anointed One, set apart for God’s special purpose of redemption.