Showcase: Assorted Treats

  • I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2 +

    I have climbed highest mountains I have run through the fieldsOnly to be with youOnly to be with you Read More
  • Your Love is Strong +

    What a song! by Jon Foreman. This is a moving reworking of the Lord’s Prayer. Jon Foreman performs this song Read More
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SylviaYour Father recorded in His Word the intention of His pleasure in you. Hear and receive His heart for you in Ephesians 1:5-14 (paraphrased from NLT and personalized for you).

5 God's unchanging plan has always been to adopt you into His own family by bringing you to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do and it gave Him great pleasure. 6 So praise God for the wonderful kindness He has poured out on you, because you belong to His dearly loved Son.

7-8 He is so rich in kindness that He purchased your freedom through the blood of His Son, and your sins are forgiven. He has showered His kindness on you, along with all wisdom and understanding.

9-10 God's plan has now been revealed to you; it is a plan centered on Christ, designed long ago according to His good pleasure. At the right time He will bring everything together under the authority of Christ-everything in heaven and on earth.

11-13 Furthermore, because of Christ, you have received an inheritance from God, for He chose you from the beginning. God's purpose was that you who trust in Christ should praise your glorious God. When you believed in Christ, He identified you as His own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom He promised long ago.

14 The Spirit is God's guarantee that He will give you everything He promised and that He purchased you to be His own. He did this so we would praise and glorify Him.

This, beloved one, is the pleasure your heavenly Father has in you. Receive these words your Father speaks to you. Be blessed with being settled in the eternal goodness and kindness of your Father and in the authority of who He is. He has sealed you in His pleasure and for His glory.

Be blessed with the seal of His pleasure and glory in His promised
Holy Spirit, guaranteeing your place in your Father's heart.
Ephesians 1:13-14

Reflections to Consider

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Publications

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Music

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Audio & Video

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Favorites

  • Praise Adonai by Paul Baloche +

    Who is like Him The Lion and the Lamb Seated on the throne Mountains bow down Every ocean roars To the Lord of hosts  Read More
  • An Interview with Paul Washer by Tim Challies +

    You probably know Paul Washer as the man who preached the infamous "Shocking Youth Message," a sermon that has tallied Read More
  • Glorious by Paul Baloche +

    Look inside the mysterySee the empty crossSee the risen SaviorVictorious and strong Read More
  • Paul's Prayers +

    How do we pray? What should we pray for? Yes, there is the Lord's prayer--Jesus teaching his disciples, and us, Read More
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Hidden Blessings

  • Psalm 136: Everlasting Love, Mercy & Faithfulness +

    The repeating refrain in this psalm has been translated as love, mercy, and faithfulness. Read More
  • God's Mission: To Bless All Nations +

    From the beginning God’s desire is to be with us–in our presence. Read More
  • Psalm 63: Crying Out to God +

    What set David apart from others–what made him close to God’s heart? Read More
  • The Patience and Compassion of God's Love +

    We have an amazing God. Read More
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