Living Redemptively Every Day

Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:15–16, NIV

With All Lowliness

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Every Part of the Body of Christ

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Ephesians 4:16

Becoming a Spirit-filled Fellowship

…addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for…

The Precious Church

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Ephesians 4:4–6

Spiritual Sensitivity

They are darkened in their understanding … Having lost all sensitivity…

Ephesians 1:18

Darkened means to be deprived of light, to be unable to see and know things as they are. The emphasis of this passage of Ephesians is positive — to give…

The Benediction

… to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:21

Too often we ignore the closing words of a prayer, thinking that it is nothing more than a fancy “signing off now” expression. But here Paul…

God’s Goal for Us, and His Method

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ…

Ephesians 4:15

God’s goal for us His people is healthy and balanced spiritual growth in Christ Jesus.

Embracing Truth, Rejecting Falsehood

Finish, then, with lying and tell your neighbour the truth.

Ephesians 4:25, Phillips Translation

To live in falsehood is to live in defeat. In Christ we embrace the truth, no more pretending to be something we are…

The Path of Light

…now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:8b-10