Ephesians Chapter Four: Walking 101 – Instructions for a Lifetime

Sep 27, 2020 | Jeff Stachofsky, Podcast

Message Slides – Ephesians Chapter Four: Walking 101 – Instructions for a Lifetime

Weekly Bulletin 9-27-20

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MOPS – MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS
MOPS has plenty of room for new moms, so if you are a mom of kids up to age five, please join us!

More details:

  • Next meeting: Monday, September 28
  • 6:30 PM in the MPR at FBC
  • We have plenty of room for new moms, so bring a friend, neighbor, etc.!
  • Meetings are on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, September-May
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YOUTH GROUP – *NOTE NEW TIME AND LOCATION*
Tuesday, September 29 • *6:00 PM*
*In person at FBC* with Pastor Isaac
Meeting outdoors – dress appropriately

 

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  • Focus on different types of prayer and ways to pray, including personal intercession, repentance, confronting fear, and spiritual warfare

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We will not do a big packing party this year, but will to continue having small monthly gatherings and pack boxes from supplies we have received to date. OCC box items (school supplies, hygiene supplies, etc.) are still welcome!

This year we are packing at Dana Mortimer’s house on October 3, 17, and 31. For more information and location details, please contact Dana Mortimer or Melany Bickford.

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Made Alive

Stronger

This Is Amazing Grace

Made Alive


Verse 1
I once was dead in sin
alone and hopeless
A child of wrath I walked
condemned in darkness 

But Your mercy brought new life
And in Your love and kindness
Raised me up with Christ
and made me righteous

Chorus
You have bought me back
with the riches of
Your amazing grace and relentless love
I’m made alive forever with You
life forever
By Your grace I’m saved
(By Your grace I’m saved) 

Verse 2
Lord You are the light
that broke the darkness
You satisfy my soul
when I am heartless 

If ever I forget my true identity
Show me who I am
and help me to believe

Bridge
My sin has been erased
I’ll never be the same

 

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Stronger


Verse 1
There is Love that came for us
Humbled to a sinner’s cross
You broke my shame and sinfulness
You rose again victorious 

Verse 2
Faithfulness none can deny
Through the storm and through the fire
There is truth that sets me free
Jesus Christ who lives in me 

Chorus
You are stronger
You are stronger
Sin is broken
You have saved me 

It is written
Christ is risen
Jesus You are Lord of all

Verse 3
No beginning and no end
You’re my hope and my defense
You came to seek and save the lost
You paid it all upon the cross 

Bridge
So let Your Name be lifted higher
Be lifted higher
Be lifted higher

 

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This Is Amazing Grace


Verse 1
Who breaks the power
of sin and darkness
Whose love is mighty
and so much stronger 

The King of Glory
the King above all kings

Verse 2
Who shakes the whole earth
with holy thunder
And leaves us breathless
in awe and wonder 

The King of Glory
the King above all kings

Chorus
This is amazing grace
This is unfailing love
That You would take my place
That You would bear my cross 

You laid down Your life
That I would be set free
Oh Jesus I sing for
all that You’ve done for me

Verse 3
Who brings our chaos
back into order
Who makes the orphan
a son and daughter 

The King of Glory the King of Glory

Verse 4
Who rules the nations
with truth and justice
Shines like the sun
in all of its brilliance 

The King of Glory
the King above all kings

Bridge
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King
who conquered the grave
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King
who conquered the grave 

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King
who conquered the grave
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy worthy worthy

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Scripture & Sermon Notes

Ephesians Chapter Four: Walking 101 – Instructions for a Lifetime

Jeff Stachofsky

1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore it says,
“When He ascended on high,
He led captive a host of captives,
And He gave gifts to men.”
9 (Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)
11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
17 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
18 being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
19 and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
20 But you did not learn Christ in this way,
21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,
22 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
25 Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
26 Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
27 and do not give the devil an opportunity.
28 He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.
29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
30 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

Ephesians 4 (NASB)

 

Walking 101

The Challenge ~ Live your life obviously

How ~ Be humble, gentle, patient
Love one another 

Why ~ Preserve unity

 

 

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