Everyone. Everywhere. Part 1Sample

Since Faith: This past year, a family friend started the adoption process. The couple invested time, finances, and other resources into a child they hoped to call their own because they wanted to welcome a child who was an outsider into their family. The process involved many hours at adoption agencies, meetings, and raising money. Once the adoption is finalized, the child will experience love like never before, and receive a new identity that comes from belonging to a new family. This is a glimpse of what Jesus has done for you. 

However, Jesus sacrificed more than time and energy—He has given all that He is for you. Before coming down to Earth, Jesus was sitting at the right hand of the Father in heaven. He left heaven for you. Jesus sacrificed everything so that you may have everything. Eternal life with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is accessible to us through the cross.  From the moment you believed Jesus is God and that He lived, died, and rose for your sins, the eternal trajectory of your life was forever changed. You were once an orphan, but now you have been adopted into an eternal family. He provides you with joy, hope, eternal life, and a new identity. You now can experience love like never before. 

• Questions:
  
  
  
  • How has Jesus changed your life?
  
  
  • As you read Ephesians 1:3-14, pay attention to, or even write out, all of the “spiritual blessings” that you see listed in these verses.
  
  
  
  


• Application: 
  
  
  
  • Listen to Ever Be by Bethel and thank the Lord for all the spiritual blessings he gives from Ephesians 1:3-14.