Week 4. Saturday: Prepare for Easter Sunday NOTE: Over the next week we will take a break from our Ephesians devotions to focus on Easter and the resurrection story. Tomorrow we celebrate Easter. We will study the resurrection story from John 20. This is more than a story. As you read, take note of the different ways people responded to Jesus' resurrection. Each day next week you will receive a devotion to help break this passage down into easier to study segments. PRAY: Ask

Week 4. Friday: Where the Spirit Lives PRAY: Ask God to speak to you from His Word. READ: Ephesians 2:21-22 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. UNDERSTAND: get a deeper understanding of the key words Whole Building (Greek: pas oikodomē): the whole church (body of Christ) We are Christ’s body and God’s building (1 C

Week 4. Thursday: The Cornerstone PRAY: Ask God to speak to you from His Word. READ: Ephesians 2:19-20 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. UNDERSTAND: get a deeper understanding of the key words No Longer (Greek: ouketi): no more, no further Foreigners (Greek: paroikos)

Week 5. Thursday: God’s Intent PRAY: Ask God to speak to you from His Word. READ: Ephesians 3:10-11 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11 according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. UNDERSTAND: get a deeper understanding of the key words Intent (Greek: hina): so that, in order that, for the purpose of Through the Church (Gree

Week 4. Wednesday: Access to the Father PRAY: Ask God to speak to you from His Word. READ: Ephesians 2:17-18 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. UNDERSTAND: get a deeper understanding of the key words Preached (Greek: euaggelizō): to proclaim good news, joyful news See Matthew 11:1-6 (Jesus sending good news to John the Baptist) Christ brought the good n

Week4. Tuesday: Reconciled PRAY: Ask God to speak to you from His Word. READ: Ephesians 2:13-16 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus ma

Week4. Monday: Separated PRAY: Ask God to speak to you from His Word. READ: Ephesians 2:11-12 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. UNDERSTAND

Week 3. Saturday: Prepare for Sunday REVIEW: Take a few minutes to make a list of what you’ve learned this week. PRAY: Ask God to use this time to help you get familiar with Sunday’s scripture passage. READ: Ephesians 2:11-22 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, exclu

Week 3. Friday: God’s Handiwork PRAY: Ask God to speak to you from His Word. READ: Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. UNDERSTAND: get a deeper understanding of the key words Handiwork (Greek: poiēma): workmanship, masterpiece in the making Our lives are the result of God’s working in us. God’s goal with us is the praise of His glory. To achieve that goal God makes us like Christ. Cr

Week 3. Thursday: Saved By Grace PRAY: Ask God to speak to you from His Word. READ: Ephesians 2:8-9 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. UNDERSTAND: get a deeper understanding of the key words By Grace (Greek: charis): unmerited merciful kindness of God to save and keep us Grace is unmerited because we couldn’t earn it and don’t deserve it. Since we don’t des