Life’s Real Journey Blog

Praise the Lord that His Word is living, active and powerful! As you may have noticed yesterday's post was on the last verse of Ephesians 1! We intentionally finished a couple days early to give you time to finish memorizing Ephesians 1 and to sure up your memory on...

"...which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all." Ephesians 1:23 "Which is HIS body..." When is the last time you walked up to a toe nail and started talking to it as though it was an entity of itself? The only time a member of a body takes on an...

“And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church.” Ephesians 1:22 This is a verse of victory and triumph! A statement of who God is and what He has done. A declaration to us of our standing with God, and a statement of...

"Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come."  Ephesians 1:21  Looking at the verse just prior to this one we see that it is describing Christ's position at...

"Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places," Ephesians 1:20 Jesus is literally changing my life and perspective by what I'm getting ready to share with you about where we are living! I'm not...

"And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power," Ephesians 1:19 Our God is mighty. He is powerful. There is nothing that our God cannot do. I’m reminded of the word of Martin Luther from the great...

Wow! Hallelujah for the riches contained in Ephesians 1. Today we want to have another day where we are not memorizing any new verses but taking time to really meditate on what we have already memorized. One aspect of meditation that I want us to focus on is...

“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.” (Ephesians 1:18) John Newton spoke a universal truth when he penned the famous line, “I once was...

"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:" (Ephesians 1:17) What is the context of this verse? It is in the middle of an amazing chapter where Paul is explaining God's...

“Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,” Ephesians 1:16 "A delicate dark chocolate shell infused with sea salt envelops an irresistibly smooth caramel truffle filling." Don't you just love it when you get two of your favorite things for...