The Bible tells us that man shall not live by bread alone but by
every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. How many times have
you eaten today in the natural to supply your physical body with
nourishment and strength? How many times today have you feed your
spiritual man with bread from heaven to supply strength and nourishment?
Well, come on and sit down at the table with me for a few
minutes and have a bite to eat. Come on dig in! Don't forget to pray
before you eat and wipe your mouth when you are done. Enjoy!
PAUL,
AN apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), by the
divine will (the purpose and the choice of God) to the saints (the
consecrated, set-apart ones) [a]at Ephesus who are also faithful and
loyal and steadfast in Christ Jesus: May grace (God's unmerited favor)
and spiritual peace [which means peace with God and harmony, unity, and
undisturbedness] be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus
Christ. May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in
Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the
heavenly realm! Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us
out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and
blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. For He
foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted
(revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with
the purpose of His will [[b]because it pleased Him and was His kind
intent]-- [So that we might be] to the praise and the commendation of
His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us
in the Beloved.
In Him we have redemption (deliverance and
salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our
offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches
and the generosity of His gracious favor, Which He lavished upon us in
every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence),
Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of
His purpose). [And it is this:] In accordance with His good pleasure
(His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth
in [c]Him, [He planned] for the maturity of the times and the climax of
the ages to unify all things and head them up and consummate them in
Christ, [both] things in heaven and things on the earth. In Him we also
were made [God's] heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for
we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in
accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with
the counsel and design of His [own] will, So that we who first hoped in
Christ [who first put our confidence in Him have been destined and
appointed to] live for the praise of His glory! In Him you also who have
heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings (Gospel) of your salvation,
and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with
the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit. That [Spirit] is the
guarantee of our inheritance [the firstfruits, the pledge and foretaste,
the down payment on our heritage], in anticipation of its full
redemption and our acquiring [complete] possession of it--to the praise
of His glory.
Ephesians 1:1-14 (AMP).
Ah! Now wasn't that satisfying!
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