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Spiritual Blessings!
How we praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we belong to Christ. Long ago, even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure.
So we praise God for the wonderful kindness he has poured out on us because we belong to his dearly loved Son. He is so rich in kindness that he purchased our freedom through the blood of his Son, and our sins are forgiven. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. God's secret plan has now been revealed to us; it is a plan centered on Christ, designed long ago according to his good pleasure. And this is his plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ--everything in heaven and on earth.
Furthermore, because of Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us from the beginning, and all things happen just as he decided long ago. God's purpose was that we who were the first to trust in Christ should praise our glorious God. And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us everything he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God. Ephesians 1:3-14
Everything we do starts with praise to God our Heavenly Father for His mighty works of grace and love. He has blessed us before time began to be holy and without fault in Christ Jesus. He adopted us into His own family through His son Jesus Christ for His pleasure. This seems hard for us to understand doesn't it? Before time? God knew me before He formed the earth? How can this be? The more we learn of God the easier it is for us to believe all things are possible for God and we believe because of our faith, not because we "See".
God's love is beyond our imagination, His love in totally unconditional and unfailing. He loved us so much that He purchased us with the blood of His Son, this is how much He wants us to be with Him in eternity. He has revealed His secret plans through our Savior Christ Jesus and He will bring everything under His authority in His perfect time. We need to be prepared to receive Jesus' coming back, are you ready? Have you accepted Christ? Are you being obedient to His calling?
Share the Good News about Jesus Christ and enjoy the blessings God has provided for you. We can also look forward to our future blessing as told to us in the Bible, So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the special blessings that will come to you at the return of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1:13. Set your eyes upon Jesus, seek Him daily for all things, spend time talking with Him, spend time listening to Him and praise Him constantly.
All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children. Revelation 21:7
In Christ's Service,
Kenny Millhouse
kenny@guidinglightministry.com
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