From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

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Sent: Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 6:13 AM

Subject: 11-9-22 THOUGHTS

11-9-22   THOUGHTS

We address one of the richest readings ever penned this morning.  We see God’s intention for believers so clearly, compacted in just a few words.  Each sentence reveals a beautiful essential!   It says we are “blessed with every spiritual blessing!”  Adoption as sons in Christ Jesus, God is our Father by His own kind intention!   And when it’s all over, believers are “sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.”  (Vs 13b-14).   We need to remind ourselves of HOW PRECIOUS WE ARE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD!  Read this often!
Isa 5:4  "What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it?”  

Eph 1:1-14    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4  just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5  He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6  to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace 8  which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight 9  He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him 10  with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him 11  also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, 12  to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory. 13  In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation — having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14  who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.

My Prayer:
O God of all, we are humbled when you tell us simply how much you love us.  We blush in our weakness, and rejoice in your strength and awesome love.  May your grace overwhelm us to joyfully serve with beholding zeal.  Thank you, O Lord God, that we live in the sealed promise of eternal redemption.  We want eternity with you!  In Jesus name, through which you have accomplished all...      Amen.
Pray for Heather and Bob