Life’s Real Journey Blog

Wow, what a powerful chapter! It is so hard to pick a specific verse, they are all so amazing. But, I can definitely find one that mentions something I have struggled with. Verses 8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from...

I was always asking God for His everlasting grace, thinking I would then put more faith in Him… but instead of grace, I just got frustration. “I need Your grace!”  I would say, but it seemed like my prayer wasn’t getting much farther than the ceiling.  I was getting...

Sorry we missed yesterday! But here is the next installment from one of you! “Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands.” - Ephesians 2:11 Have...

Well, since we smashed so many verses into one post, we are officially done with hearing from our leaders!  So now it's your turn!  A huge "Thank You" to those who have written so far, and an "It's not too late" for those who haven't had a chance yet! 🙂 Here's the...

“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone. In whom all the building fitly framed...

“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;” Ephesians 2:19   Let me tell you a story: Once upon a time, in a small country, a baby girl was born to a family. This was all well enough in...

 “And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. " Ephesians 2: 17-18   From head to toe my three sisters and I were covered in a thick layer of mud.  It was...

According to my calendar, which just may be the same as yours, January has 31 days in it. But, if your Bible is the same as mine, then our chapter only has 22 verses!!  So of course, we have to find something to do for the extra days.  (We could have ended the...

“And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.” Ephesians 2:16 I went to church every time its doors were open, I looked for ways to serve others, I tried to encourage those who needed it, disciple younger girls,...

“For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace”...