Beginning in Ephesians 1:15 and continuing until close to the end of the chapter, we see a glimpse into the prayer life of Paul as he shares his specific prayer requests for the believers in Ephesus and, by implication, for us today. And as you read this text, you’ll …

In this section of Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus, he begins by telling them the content of his prayer for them and what he is asking the Lord to allow them to experience. As with most of Paul’s letters, he wants the church to have a better understanding …

In our last post, we talked about the first three of seven things we can do to hear God when He speaks to us as a result of our prayers. We looked at the importance of creating a quiet space where we can come and commune with God without the distractions of life …

With all the noise and chaos that continually surrounds us, the idea of hearing God’s voice might seem like a distant dream. For His is a “still, small voice” (1 Kings 19:12) that, on the surface, doesn’t seem loud enough to compete with YouTube, TikTok, and …

In our last post, we briefly mentioned our responsibility regarding sanctification which, unfortunately, is seldom talked about in our pulpits today. The reason is that we, as believers in the West, are accustomed to everything church-wise or God-wise being given …

It appears the disciples of Jesus had some specific ideas about His life and ministry that were hard to let go of. We see this every time Jesus tried to tell them the “rest of the story”— where He “must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief …

Remember, in Matthew 16, the disciples declare Jesus as the “Christ, the Son of the living God” for the first time (16:16). Then, immediately after, Jesus tells them that “He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes …