Thought For Today

But to each of us grace is granted and measured by the gift of Christ.  Ephesians 4:7

Thank You Jesus for coming to earth for us.  Thank You for giving each of us that believe and trust in You ‘grace.’  GRACE – Your unmerited favor.  Thank You for loving us enough to show us the way to heaven to dwell with You forever and ever.  Thank You for providing that gift for us and calling us on to become more and more like You while we walk this earth.  Oh how we love You Lord and praise and thank You for Your peace while we walk this earth with Your guidance.  You are here this moment, and we thank and praise YOU!

Thank You Lord.

Amen

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There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you received your calling, with one hope; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who governs all and pervades all and is in us all.  Ephesians 4:4 – 6

Thank You Lord for the assurance that You are ‘in us all’ just as Paul was reminding the Ephesians Christians they were.  Paul wanted the Ephesians to see how blessed they were, and we also rejoice when reading these verses at how blessed we are too.  Thank You for being that same Lord that loves us just as much as You love that body of believers all those years ago.  Thank You once again today for changing us into Your likeness and filling us more and more with Your love.  How blessed we feel and how thankful we are that You govern and pervade over all.  Thank You for blessing us with Your love today. 

Thank You Lord.

Amen

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So I exhort you, prisoner as I am in the Lord, to conduct yourselves worthy of the calling you have received, with unalloyed humility and gentleness to bear patiently with one another in a loving way, making every effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.  Ephesians 4:1 – 3

Thank You Lord for Your peace.  Thank You for coming to earth for us and showing us how to live.  Thank You for coming as the Son of God to show us how we too could honor God as You did.  Thank You for helping us remember You came to help us change our lives into Your image.   Oh how we thank You that it is Your power within us that helps us  ‘conduct ourselves worthy of Your calling.’  We humbly bow and thank You for Your peace and joy today. 

Thank You Lord.

Amen  

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Now to Him, who is able according to the power that works within us to do everything immeasurable far beyond what we pray or think of, to Him be glory in the church, and in Christ Jesus through all generations for ever and ever.  Amen. 

Thank You Lord for Your power that works within us.  It is truly AMAZING and oh….how I thank and praise You for it.  Paul knew this power and had seen it in his own life when he wrote this to the Ephesians.  I have seen this in my own life Lord when I stop today and thank You for all those prayers You have answered that have brought honor and glory to Your name.  Thank You for drawing us closer and closer to You when we saw miracles happen before our very eyes.  Yes, You WERE there.  Yes you DID see the need.  Yes, prayers WERE answered.  The generations that have gone before me write the history.  These words are true.  You NEVER fail.  Oh…how I thank YOU! 

Thank You Lord.

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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is God’s gift.  Ephesians 2:8 / It is not by works so that no one may boast; for we are His handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God previously prepared for us so that we should live in them.  Ephesians 2:9, 10

Thank You Lord for paying the price by giving Your life for us to be saved by our faith in You.  Thank You for that beautiful gift that all can accept.  You have given us the choice.  Thank You too there are no strings attached….the gift is free.  Thank You for giving us the faith to believe and in believing we know we have the power to continue to change into Your image…the Love of God.  Thank You for filling us with Your love and Your desire to do good works.  Thank for Your blessings that flood our souls with peace and joy. 

Thank You Lord.

Amen

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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is God’s gift.  2:8

Lord I can never thank You enough for loving me enough to give Your life for me.  Thank You for the tremendous faith You gave me at the age of 8 when I knelt down beside my father’s bed to accept You into my life to be MY LORD and MY Savior.  Thank You for changing my life at that young tender age.  Thank You that I knew something had happened to me and I wanted to always follow Your plan for my life.  Thank You for being with me every step of my way.  Thank YOU for giving me YOUR wonderful gift.  I love You Lord and thank and praise You for Your love and many blessings.

Thank You Lord.

Amen

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And in Christ Jesus He caused us to rise, and seated us with Him in the heavenly spheres, so that He might show in the future ages the immeasurable wealth of His grace, by means of His goodness to us through Christ Jesus.  Ephesians 2:6, 7

Thank You Lord for Your awesome plan for those of us that follow You.  Thank You for making every provision for our lives.  Thank You for helping us each day and teaching us to cast our EVERY care upon You for YOU care for us.  Thank You for only being a prayer away.  We love You Lord and thank and praise You today for the joy and peace You have provided today. 

Thank You Lord.

Amen

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But God is rich in mercy, so that on account of His great love with which He loved us, He made us who were dead in trespasses, alive with Christ –by grace you have been saved.  Ephesians 2:4, 5

Thank You Lord for Your ‘GREAT LOVE’ for us.  Thank You for ‘SAVING’ us with Your ‘GREAT LOVE’ for us.    Thank You for making us ‘ALIVE with YOU.’  Lord, what a beautiful thought for us to think about…..Your love for us.  Oh, to be full of Your love Lord.  Thank You for asking us to come draw closer to You and enjoy the benefits of loving as You love ….UNCONDITIONALLY.  Thank You for helping us show others YOUR love shinning through us today. 

Thank You Lord.

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For this reason I too on hearing about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, never fail in giving thanks for you as I mention you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, might grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation for an understanding of Himself.  Ephesian 1:15 – 17

Thank You Lord for those that pray for us and thank You for giving us the privilege of praying for others.  Thank You for giving us so much to be thankful for.  Thank You for those among us that love and serve You.  It is then we pray the prayer that Paul prayed for the saints at Ephesus.  Thank You for what this verse is teaching me Lord.  Thank You for teaching us to pray for others to be granted Your ‘spirit of wisdom and of revelation for an understanding of Yourself.’  Thank You for the peace and joy that is ours as we learn to know You better and better.  We all need that Lord and thank You for being ready to give it to all of us as we ask You. 

Thank You Lord.

Amen

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In HIM you also, after listening to the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, have as believers in Him been sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance, for a redemption through which you become God’s property, and all to the praise of His glory.  Ephesians 1:13, 14

Thank You Lord for this awesome verse that puts in a nutshell all You have provided for us.  Oh, how it blesses my soul.  Oh, how it brings peace and joy to my heart.  Thank You for telling me once again, how much YOU love each one of us that put our faith in You.  Thank You for giving us the peace and joy we need to live a life full of praise and victory.  Thank You for the ‘guarantee of our inheritance.’  Thank You that we are Your ‘property.’  We have it ALL Lord and we praise and thank You for pouring out Your blessings upon us.  It IS amazing!!!!

Thank You Lord.

Amen

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