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5 - EPHESIANS 1:15-2:10 - VISION MOTIVATES</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
1:17-18 (1:15-18, NNT) VISION OF OUR VALUE IN GOD’S EYES. <font size="3">“</font><font size="3">that
the God of our :Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, give you
a spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowledge of him; </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">18
</font><font size="3">having the eyes of the heart :enlightened, that
you may know what is the hope of his :calling, what the riches of the
glory of his :inheritance in the saints.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
wait upon Your Kingdom Father, the revelation of Jesus Christ through
the Holy Spirit. </span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
1:19-20 (1:19-23) VISION OF CHRIST AND HIS POWER. <font size="3">“and
what the exceeding greatness of his :power toward us who believe,
according to that working of the strength of his :might </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">20
</font><font size="3">which we worked in the Christ, when he raised him
for </font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3"> dead, and made
</font><font size="3"><i>him</i></font><font size="3"> to sit at his
right in the heavenlies.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We
submit to your purpose Father, even as You have revealed it by Your
Spirit through Paul. </span><b><i>Your :kingdom come.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>3.
2:3 (2:1-3) VISION: OUR FORMER CONDITION. <font size="3">“</font><font size="3">Among
whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our :flesh, doing the
desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children
of wrath, even as the rest.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
You have lifted us </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
out of a miry pit, and set out feet on a solid Rock, even Christ
Jesus our Lord! In Him You meet </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of our spiritual needs! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
2:4-5. VISION: GOD HAS MADE US ALIVE IN CHRIST. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
:God, being rich in mercy, for his great :love which which he loved
us, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">5
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">even
when we were dead through the trespasses made us live together with
the Christ (by grace have you been saved),” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Forgiveness
belongs unto You Father. We were dead in sin and trespasses, b</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ut</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
now in Christ we are alive! Praise be unto you, O Lord! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
2:6-7. VISION: WE ARE WITH CHRIST ON HIS THRONE! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“and
raised </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">us</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
up with </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">him</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
and made </span></font><font size="3"><u>us</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to sit with </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">him</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
in the heavenlies, in Christ Jesus: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">7
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">that
in the ages :to come he might show the exceeding riches of his :grace
in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Our
hearts are overwhelmed at such grace! Who are we that You should in
Christ lavish such mercy and grace upon us? </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
2:8-9. VISION: SALVATION IS ALL OF GRACE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“for
by :grace have you been saved through faith; and this not of
you</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">rselves</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">it
is </span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">the
gift of God; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">9
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">not of
works that no one should glory.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Sovereign
Grace: </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">This</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is Your gift Father, and this is our </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">heritage</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in Christ. We are of all people least deserving. But </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
have chose</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">n</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to love us in our unworthy state! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
2:10. </span><span style="text-decoration:none">VISION: WE ARE
GOD’S WORKMANSHIP UNTO GOOD WORKS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus upon good works,
which :God afore prepared that we should walk in them.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
are nothing apart from Christ. In Him You have made us a new
creation, Father. What more can we do but give You all praise and
glory and honor and power! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
1:21-23 (1:15-2:10) VISION: THE MAJESTY GIVEN TO CHRIST BY THE
FATHER! </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Now
he is</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every
name named not only in this :age, but also in the </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">one</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to come: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">22
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">and he
put all </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
in subjection under his :feet, and gave him for a head over all
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to the church, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">23
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">which
is his :body, the fullness of him that fill</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">s</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
:all in all.” </span></font></b><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Majesty</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
Worship His </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Majesty</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
That is all we can do in the light of such revelation!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">C.H.
Spurgeon Quotes: “No Sin Whatsoever” - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Even
if a man had no other sin whatever, it is quite sufficient to condemn
him for ever, that he neglects his God and turns away from his
Savior; for unbelief is an act of high treason against the divine
majesty, plucking at the crown jewel of Jehovah’s truthfulness.
</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">“Can God
Change?” - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
read in Scripture of several instance where God apparently changed,
but I thin</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">k</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
the observation of the old Puritan explains all these: he says, “God
may will a change, but he cannot change his will.” </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span><span style="text-decoration:none">Mothers
… “ - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">You
are as much serving God in looking after your own children, and
training them up in God’s fear, and minding the house, and making
your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been
called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts.” </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the Day: </span><span style="text-decoration:none">65:2</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
(65, ESV) O GOD OF OUR SALVATION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">O
you who hear</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">s</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
prayer to you shall all flesh come.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">First
of all Father, we can </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">absolutely</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
depend on You as the One who answers prayer! And then, there are no
atheists in fox-holes! When any one of us of flesh find we are up
against the end, we come to You, and are </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
turned away! You give your rain and sun to the just and unjust alike
- you are good to Your enemies, and command us to do the same.
</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></span></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">64:1.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Praise waits
for You, O God, in Zion. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Those
who have seen in Zion the blood of sprinkling, and know themselves to
belong to the church of the first-born, can never think of her
without presenting humble praise to Zion’s God. We shall
continue to wait on, tuning our harps, amid the tears of earth; but,
oh, what harmonies will those be which we will pour forth when the
home-bringing is come and the King shall appear in His glory.
Certainly when the soul is most filled with adoring awe, she is least
content with her own expressions and feels most deeply how inadequate
are all mortal songs to proclaim the divine goodness.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">65:2.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">O You that
hears prayer. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is Your name, Your nature, Your glory. God not only has heard, but is
now hearing prayer, and always must hear prayer, since He is an
immutable Being and never changes in His attributes. David evidently
believed in a personal God and did not adore a mere idea or
abstraction. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Unto
you shall all flesh come. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">To
come to God is the life of true religion; we come weeping in
conversion, hoping in supplication, rejoicing in praise, and
delighting in service. False gods must in due time lose their deluded
votaries, for man when enlightened will not be longer be-fooled; but
each one who tries the true God is encouraged by his own success to
persuade other</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
also, and so the kingdom of God comes </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">t</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">o
men, and men come to it.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">65:4.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Blessed is
the man who You choose, and cause to approach unto You. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Christ,
Whom God chose, and of Whom He said, “This is My beloved Son in
Whom I am well please</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">d</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,”
is, indeed, “over all, God blessed forever”; but in Him His elect
are blessed, too. For His sake, not for our own, are we chosen; in
Him, not in ourselves, are we received by God, being accepted in the
Beloved; and, therefore, in Him are we blessed: He is our blessing.
To crown all, we do not come nigh in peril of dire destruction, as
Nadab and Abihu did, but we approach as chosen and accepted ones, to
become dwellers in the divine household: this is heaped-up
blessedness, vast beyond conception. </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</span></b></font></font></p>
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