BOOKLETS AVAILABLE 1.Suggested donation of $2 for small and $3 for large. 2.Write your name. 3.Join a small group bible study. 4.Begin to get to know one person each week.
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY 10 New Names Hobby/Interest
GOAL FOR SMALL GROUPS Start 12 new Bible Studies during this quarter.
Invite Friends to the Easter Musical
PRAYER WARRIORS
CHURCH PICNIC May 18, 2014 at Wilson Park After the third service BAPTISM AT 4 P.M.
QUOTE “... today’s church is not a community but rather a collection of individuals.” p. 45
INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS BECAUSE OF MY BLESSINGS IN CHRIST I WILL BE PART OF A LOVING COMMUNITY WITH OTHER BELIEVERS
OUR UNITY IS THE BASIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY
BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE I WILL PRAISE THE FATHER WHO CHOSE ME, THE SON WHO REDEEMED ME AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO SEALED ME SO THAT I MAY GLORIFY GOD
OPEN OUR EYES OPEN MY EYES SO THAT I MAY KNOW GOD WHO GIVES ME HOPE, RICHES, AND POWER
SAVED BY GRACE I HAD NOTHING WHEN GOD BY HIS GRACE PROVIDED EVERYTHING IN CHRIST SO THAT I CAN DO SOMETHING FOR HIM
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY BECAUSE OF CHRIST’S WORK ON THE CROSS I CAN NOW HAVE PEACE WITH GOD AND BELONG TO HIS FAMILY
DON’T JUST BELIEVE BELONG!
GOD’S SECRET PLAN REVEALED REGARDLESS OF THE COST I WILL SHARE THE GOSPEL OF GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
STRENGTHENED WITH POWER AND LOVE EPH 3:14-21
BLANK CHECK
EPH 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
EPH 3:12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
EPH 3:16 (NASB) that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,
DUCK DYNASTY Willie
PEANUTS VS. PEANUT FARM
POSTURE IN PRAYER EPH 3:14- 15
EPH 3:14 For this reason I kneel before the Father,
EPH 2:6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
EPH 4:1 (NASB) Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
EPH 6:11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
K NEEL
EPH 3:14 For this reason I kneel before the Father,
EPH 3:15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
EPH 3:9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
ISA 40:26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
PETITION IN PRAYER EPH 3:16- 19
EPH 3:16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
2 COR 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
EPH 3:17a so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.....
EPH 3:17b... And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
EPH 3:18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
EPH 3:19a and to know this love that surpasses knowledge...
EPH 3:19b... that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
PRAISE IN PRAYER EPH 3:20- 21
EPH 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
GOD’S POWER God is able to do... all we ask all we ask or imagine more than all we ask or imagine immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine
JAM 4:2 You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God.
EPH 3:21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
STRENGTHENED WITH POWER AND LOVE POSTURE IN PRAYER PETITION IN PRAYER PRAISE IN PRAYER
STRENGTHENED WITH POWER AND LOVE WHEN I PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT’S STRENGTH TO OBEY I BEGIN TO KNOW CHRIST’S LOVE MORE WITH OTHER BELIEVERS, EXPERIENCE THE FULNESS OF GOD’S BLESSING, AND LIVE FOR HIS GLORY
HOARDERS: Buried Alive