April 26th

I hope that your week has been good so far and that you are looking forward to gathering together with your church family at Meadowbrooke this Sunday!  We will be taking a deeper look at Ephesians 3:1-13, especially what Paul wrote in the first verse and verses 8-13.  It is because verses 11-12 are true that Paul was able to identify as a prisoner of Christ Jesus (v. 1).  As a way to prepare your heart for this Sunday, think and pray about what these verses mean for you:

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, and to enlighten all people as to what the plan of the mystery is which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things; so that the multifaceted wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him. (Eph. 3:812)

As you may recall, I shared last Sunday the following observation from these verses: The promise to Eve that her Descendant would crush the head of the serpent is your promise in Christ!  Gods promise to bless Abraham is your promise in Christ! Gods promise to King David that his descendant would sit on his throne forever is your promise in Christ! All the promises of God to His people are now yours in Christ and he intended to make you a recipient of those promises, before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4).  As was true for the apostle Paul, so it is true for you: There are bright and good designs behind your hurts because of who God is. 

I hope to see you this Sunday as we continue our time in Ephesians 3:1-13 together in our 9:00 and 10:30 worship services.

Grace,

Pastor Keith

P.S. A new sprinkler system is currently being installed to help bring life to our front lawn. Kindly disregard the mess as we are in the process of enhancing the appearance of our property as good stewards of what God has entrusted to us.