Ephesians 3:12-17 He is Able to Help Us to Love - Pastor David McGee

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Ephesians 3:12-17 He is Able to Help Us to LoveBible

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: May 1, 2016

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Life Lessons Referenced
Life Lesson (Ephesians 3)

God is able to do all things.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3)

God gives us His power and ability to share His love and be witnesses.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3)

Don't quit. Ask forgiveness and keep going.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3)

The enemy will lie to you, saying that something is more important than loving God and loving people.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3)

According to Jesus, there is nothing more important than loving God and loving Jesus.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3:13)

We are to love like Jesus. Meaning we do not quit, we do not give up, we are always willing to love unconditionally.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3:13)

"I will love you until I don't like you anymore" is not the Jesus kind of love, the biblical kind of love, we are to have and give.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3:13)

When you feel like quitting... love.

When you feel like giving up... love.

When you feel like holding a grudge and not forgiving... love.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3:14)

We don't have to make up our own cause, we can tap into the greatest cause which is given by God and paid for by His Son's own blood.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3:16)

What happens to our spirit or soul affects our body, what happens to our body affects our soul and spirit.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3:17)

You have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb out of the hand of the enemy.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3:17)

The enemy wants you on a downward selfish cycle, focusing on yourself. God wants you on a upward spiral, focusing on Him, and others.

Life Lesson (Ephesians 3:)

There is a drift in this world away from God. We must be very intentional in our focus on God.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes
1 John 1:9 (Memory Verse) NKJV
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:8-10 (Memory Verse) NKJV
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Gen 12:3 (Memory Verse) NKJV
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
Ps 122:6 (Memory Verse) NKJV
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May they prosper who love you.
Prov 24:16 NKJV
For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
Prov 24:16 NLT
The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again.
But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.
Eph 3:13 NLT
So please don't lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.
John 12:20-21 NKJV
20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
John 12:22 NKJV
Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
John 12:23-25 NKJV
23 But Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.  24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.  25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Ps 32:3-5 NLT
3 When I refused to confess my sin,
my body wasted away,
and I groaned all day long.
4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.
Interlude
5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you
and stopped trying to hide my guilt.
I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the Lord."
And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.
2 Sam 12:20-23 NKJV
20 So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate. 21 Then his servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive, but when the child died, you arose and ate food." 22 And he said, "While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?' 23 But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."
Rom 11:16 NKJV
For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Gal 5:9 NKJV
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
1 Cor 5:6-8 NKJV
6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.  8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.


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