JenniferLynn

They don't have a relationship with God who is their Creator. When God created the world & us He created us to have a relationship with Him. Therefore we are incomplete without this relationship which is vital for our health. They are not building a relationship with their Creator therefore they are miss a vital part of their life. We are trying to build our relationship with our Creator therefore we are not missing a vital part of our life. We should try to reach them so that they know there is a better way & that they can have a more fulfilled life. They can escape the wrath of God & have the love of God in their lives.

The fullness of Christ who fills everything in every way. His church is the best way to survive in this world that is so against what the Church believes. I would miss out on all the encouragement I would be getting from my fellow survivors. We wouldn't be able to help others in our unique way because of our life experiences that wouldn't be shared.

I tend to forget who we have helping us. Paul wants us to remember that the victory is already won & that we have nothing to fear from the defeated eniemies. We feel powerless because we stop looking at Jesus & try to do things on our own. That Christ had already won & the Ephesians need not worry about the evil in their time. Put our eyes on Christ & hold on for dear life because it will definitely be bumpy but we will always get there in His good time.

We feel powerless because we let the world's problem rest on us instead of giving them to Christ & God in our prayers. God is always suffient for the task on hand however sometimes we take our eyes of Christ & try to handle things on our own. That is where the trouble starts. The churches that use the Bible has the center of teaching will produce true disciples while the churches that use human ritual as the center of teaching will produce disciples that won't produce "good fruit". The Bible has to be the foundation of the church.

I wouldn't worry about the cost of things. I might buy "the toys" I always wanted because the finances wouldn't be a problem. We are to rely on God because it is His world & He is in control of every aspect of it. We need not worry about how things will work out. It is always to our benefit even though we don't know it yet. We should get along with other Christians since they are in the same family. There is always the problem with human pride & false sense of importance.

Christians have the abilty to look forward to the fact that they will be in the presence of God forever. We will be able to worship God for all eternally. We need to be motivated through the knowledge that heaven is where the most fulfilled life will be. We need to tell everyone about the love God. We need to have a relationship with God that He provided through Jesus Christ. The non believer doesn't have any hope for the future while the believer has the eternal promise that they will be in the presence of God.

The end of term is the day we die or when Christ returns to take us home. Yeah!! The Holy Spirit has sealed us by protecting us to fullfill God's will for us. Christ death was the downpayment & the complete cost for our life. Only through Him are we saved.

God'a purpose for our lives is to be for the praise of His glory. We need to accept the hope in Christ. We also need to praise Him whenever possible. We use this verse in baptism service at my church. I believe it means we are to let the life of Christ in us reflect so that people can see that we are different then the world around us.

The signifance of everything being brought under the control of Christ is that He will control everything. He is Lord of Lord's & King of King's. There is nothing that He allows happen that He doesn't have control of. He made everything for His good pleasure. Nothing that He created was bad. We were made for His enjoyment. We were made to worship & praise Him. That is what we were created for. It says somewhere in ??Paul's writings?? that as far as we are concerned we are to be in unite with each other. Therefore we need to be united in the essentials & tolerate in the unessentials. Christ will be victorious over Satan & the world. They will be brought under His feet & then Christ will give them over to God the Father so that they can reign together. God will be the one who allows Christ to control everything because of His perfect life & sacrifice that He provided.

I no longer need to be a slave to sin like I was before Christ came into my life. I was a slave to sin in that I was controlled by what the world thougt was important instead of what God thought was important. I most likely would have been an alcholic like a great deal of my family is. I would have missed out on blessings that God has showered on me because I hadn't received his grace. I don't know how I would have survived the tragedies of my life so far without Him being there. It would be in a word hopeless with my savior Jesus Christ.

Adoption is a choice. God had decided before we were born that He loved us so much that He gave His only son to die & rise again to save our life. It encouraged me because adoption is a choice while family is a given. He knew what He was getting by adopting me at a oider age. He keeps encouraging me to keep having faith in Him. My walk gets stronger as each day passes.

Holy means set apart for a specific purpose. We are set apart to the glory of God. To work for His purpose of our life. The only way I can stand blameless before God is in the death & life of Jesus Christ who is my Savior.

What if you are one that is not predestined to be with Christ? Is there a way to change where you go if it is? If you don't know Christ it is very scary just thinking about the end times. It is comforting for people who are the followers of Christ. Knowing that God is in control & He will always choose what is the perfect in believers life & give the believers what they need not neccessarly what we want. It is a subject that needs to be learned & discussed so that the Holy Spirit can teach the Church what it needs to know about the mysteries of God. Paul is praising God in the presence of the Ephesians because he knows that He is a child of God. He knows where his future is going to be. He knows that God will succeed in the end & the controller of this world will be defeated.

What if you are one that is not predestined to be with Christ? Is there a way to change where you go if it is? If you don't know Christ it is very scary just thinking about the end times. It is comforting for people who are the followers of Christ. Knowing that God is in control & He will always choose what is the perfect in believers life & give the believers what they need not neccessarly what we want. It is a subject that needs to be learned & discussed so that the Holy Spirit can teach the Church what it needs to know about the mysteries of God. Paul is praising God in the presence of the Ephesians because he knows that He is a child of God. He knows where his future is going to be. He knows that God will succeed in the end & the controller of this world will be defeated.

To me it means that I become His body which is able to work in this world. Christ is no longer on this woorld in bodily form therefore we have to become His hands & feet for Him. He will always be there for us because His spirit is in us.