Re:member

Neil MacLennan January 14, 2025 0 0

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Ephesians 1: 15-23 (NRSVA)

15 I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love towards all the saints, and for this reason 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, 18 so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. 20 God[b] put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. 22 And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

From: Paul
Reply: ALL
Subject: RE:MEMBER

Dear all,

You know when sometimes you write something, and then when you come back to it later you have second thoughts, delete it and start again?

Well… that’s not the case in the opening paragraphs of my recent snail mail letter to the church in Ephesus! Especially the bit about thanking God for you, and praying for you. In fact I wish to emphasise it again, right now.

Please read it one more time, paying special attention to considering that when I say ‘you’, I mean ‘YOU’, and not just the church in Ephesus.

That is all.

Paul

PS Please pass it on!

Prayer:

From me, Neil:

Dear reader, I give thanks for you and I remember you each day this week in my prayers. I ask that the God of our Lord Jesus, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you may know him better. 

I pray, also, that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened to the hope placed in you, the riches of the body of the saints, and the blessings of our community together.

I pray you will feel the power of God at work in your life this week, that same power that raised Christ from death, and seated him at the right hand of God, the Father.

I pray that in your love for Jesus, you will love his church, his people and yourself.

Amen.