1. Amazing Grace … Ephesians 1:1-6 Count your blessings!

2. 1:1 commissioned by Christ... ‘Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus’ round peg in a round hole... ‘by the will of God’ Amazing Grace... Count your blessings!

3. 1:1 saints with a small ‘s’... ‘to the saints’ trusting and trusted... ‘the faithful’ location, location... ‘in Ephesus... in Christ Jesus’ Amazing Grace... Count your blessings!

4. 1:2 a double barrelled blessing... ‘grace and peace to you’ two are better than one... ‘from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ’ Amazing Grace... Count your blessings!

5. 1:3 the source of our blessings... ‘the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ’ the scope of our blessings... ‘every spiritual blessing’ the sphere of our blessings... ‘in the heavenly realms’ Amazing Grace... Count your blessings!

6. 1:4-5 the splendour of our blessings... ‘he chose us in him... adopted as his sons’ 1:6 the significance of our blessings... ‘to the praise of his glorious grace’ Amazing Grace... Count your blessings!