Ephesians 6:18–20 – Be Prayerful
18PRAY at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
When Do We Pray? We are to PRAY !
- (Praise)
- (Admit Your Sins)
- (Give God The Credit)
- (Ask God To Work)
Where Do We Pray? In the __________
Place
Place
Place
How Do We Pray? Stay , With All , With ______________
19PRAY also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.
What Do We Pray For? We Pray For !
For of the Gospel Message
For of the Gospel
20For this I am an ambassador in chains. PRAY that I might be bold enough to speak about it as I should.
How Should I Pray In Tough Times? We Pray For ________________!
Ephesians 6:10–12: “Be Aware”
Be Aware – We Must Be Aware Of The Spiritual Battle Around Us
Ephesians 6:10–12 (CSB) 10 Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.
The Truth = We Are In A .
1.Jesus Has Already !
Revelation 19-21 –
- We Have Through Prayer
Ephesians 6:18–20 (CSB)
3.(the way we pray) When We Pray, _________________________
James 5:16 (CSB)
4.(what we pray) When We Pray, ___________________________
Matthew 6:9–13 (CSB)
Romans 8:26–27 (CSB)
5.(how our prayers are answered) When We Pray, _____________
____________________
Daniel 9:1–3 (CSB)
Daniel 9:20–23 (CSB)
Daniel 10:12–14 (CSB)
Take Away
- Realize That We Are In A Spiritual Battle
- Understand That We Have A Vital Role To Play Through Prayer
- Get In The Battle Today
Ephesians 5:22-33 – Husbands, Wives, and The Church
EPHESIANS 5:22-33 – Husbands, Wives, and The Church
22 Wives, submit, to your husbands as to the Lord, 23 because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.27 He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.
28 In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, 30 since we are members of his body.
31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh, 32 This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.
33 To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
SUBMISSION OF MARRIAGE
LOVE OF MARRIAGE
THE UNION OF MARRIAGE
Ephesians 5:15–21 – “The Church in Action: Live As A Wise Person”
15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you live—not as unwise people but as wise— 16 making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
1- Make The Most Of Your Time – Share Jesus
17 So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
2- Pattern Your Life After Jesus
18 And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.
3- Be Filled With The Spirit – Worship Jesus
Ephesians 5:6–14 – “The Church in Action: Don’t Be Deceived”
6 Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things. 7 Therefore, do not become their partners.
Do Not Be Deceived –
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light—
9 for the fruit of the light consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth—
10 testing what is pleasing to the Lord.
We Are To Live In The Light –
11 Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.
12 For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.
13 Everything exposed by the light is made visible,
14 for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
We Are To Expose The Darkness –
Ephesians 5:1–5 – “The Church in Action: Be Imitators of God”
How Do You Know If You Have A Changed life?
1 Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,
Who We Imitate
2 and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
How We Walk
3 But sexual immorality [Sinful Sexual Actions] and any impurity [Sinful Actions] or greed [Idolatrous Actions] should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.
How We Act
4 Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.
What We Talk About
5 For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Ephesians 4:25-32 “10 Things You Need to Know as a Christ Follower”
Ephesians 4:25–32
25 Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
26 Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,
27 and don’t give the devil an opportunity.
28 Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.
29 No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.
30 And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander be removed from you, along with all malice.
32 And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
Don’ts of the Old Life Do’s of the New Life
1) Don’t Lie 1) Speak Truth
2) Don’t Be Angry 2) Be Angry Over Sin (Zealous)
3) Don’t Steal 3) Do Honest Work
4) Don’t Use Bad Language 4) Build One Another Up
5) Don’t be Unpleasant 5) Be Pleasant