4. What does it really mean to be blessed? Eph 1: 3-8

5. Ephesians 1:3-14 Verses 3-14 is one long sentence in the original Greek. List of blessings are interrelated. How do you think Paul was feeling when he was penning down this verses?

9. Understanding blessings Common view on Blessings Physical, material and self fulfilling in nature. Blessings to the Ephesians

10. Understanding blessings Common view on Blessings Physical, material and self fulfilling in nature. Blessings to the Ephesians Spiritual in nature.

11. Understanding blessings Common view on Blessings Physical, material and self fulfilling in nature. Desire to happen in the present. Blessings to the Ephesians Spiritual in nature.

12. Understanding blessings Common view on Blessings Physical, material and self fulfilling in nature. Desire to happen in the present. Blessings to the Ephesians Spiritual in nature. Happened in the past.

13. Understanding blessings Common view on Blessings Physical, material and self fulfilling in nature. Desire to happen in the present. Focus on self. Blessings to the Ephesians Spiritual in nature. Happened in the past.

14. Understanding blessings Common view on Blessings Physical, material and self fulfilling in nature. Desire to happen in the present. Focus on self. Blessings to the Ephesians Spiritual in nature. Happened in the past. Focus on God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

15. Understanding blessings Common view on Blessings Physical, material and self fulfilling in nature. Desire to happen in the present. Focus on self. Not every Christian gets these. Blessings to the Ephesians Spiritual in nature. Happened in the past. Focus on God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

16. Understanding blessings Common view on Blessings Physical, material and self fulfilling in nature. Desire to happen in the present. Focus on self. Not every Christian gets these. Blessings to the Ephesians Spiritual in nature. Happened in the past. Focus on God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Every Christian has these in abundance.

19. Psalm 51

20. Spiritual blessings We are blessed to be in Christ. We are blessed to be part of God’s purpose on earth. We are blessed to be in God’s family.

21. In Christ We are in Christ as much as Christ is in us. To be in Christ is to experience the power of the love of Christ (3:16-19). If we are not in Christ, then we will be in….?

23. Do we really have free will?

29. In God’s purpose. We are in Christ. Christ is in us. God chose us (v4). We choose to follow God (13b).

30. In God’s family. Do you know God as….?

31. In God’s family. Do you know God as a child knows her/his father? A father disciplines. A god of your own imagination does not. You have other spiritual brothers and sisters to build each other up. (Or do you?)

32. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. Matt 19:29

33. “I come that you might have life and have it more abundantly”. John 10:10