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Guest Speaker: Lisa Spencer
"The Great Reveal” – Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians
For the next few weeks, we will spend time with the letter to the Ephesians. In it, the Apostle Paul tells the story of how the life, death and resurrection of Jesus has changed the world forever. Sometimes, Paul goes into detail; at other times, he paints this picture of a new kingdom in broad brushstrokes and covers a lot of material.
We will take our lead from what Paul is doing here: we will reflect on details and also on the bigger picture. This is why each week during our series, we will hear more than two Bible readings.
In Getting Connected, you will find the passages for the coming Sundays. I encourage you to read the passages for yourself before the Sunday. Read it more than once! Read it out loud to yourself or to someone else. Stand and proclaim it! Read “around” the passages – what came just before these verses, what follows on from them? Maybe read the entire letter to the Ephesians in one go! How about doing this in your small group?
This letter is, amongst other things, a celebration of praise and prayer. One way to honour this is to allow ourselves to swept along with this joy in the Risen Jesus Christ.
My prayer is that these old words will spark new moments of praise, amazement and thankfulness for you!
The Great Reveal
A living God
Ephesians 1; John 1:1-5, 9-14; Exodus 40:33-38
A moving story
Ephesians 2:1-11, 19-22; John 11:32-44; Deuteronomy 6:4-7 & 7:6-9
A new order
Ephesians 1:18-23 & 6:10-18; Luke 4:1-13: Psalm 2
A dream come true
Ephesians 4:14-19; Matt 5: 1-11; Exodus 15:1-7, 11-21
A teachable moment
Ephesians 4:1-6, 11-16 & 4:20-5:7; Mark 13:32-42, 14:33-39; Micah 6:6-8
A mature church
Ephesians 1:22-23, 5:25-31; John 13:34-35; Genesis 12:1-3