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Daily Bread

Know the Hope to Which He Has Called Us

Date: Nov. 19, 2020

Passage

Ephesians 1:15-23 (ESV)

15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked 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 one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 1:18a

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

1. …so that you may know him better (15-17)

Hearing about the faith and love of the Ephesian Christians could only bring Paul to prayers of thanksgiving. Paul thanked God for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints. He also prayed for two things for them. He asked God to give them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, the Holy Spirit. The Ephesians were very good in many ways. They needed the Holy Spirit so that they may come to know God even better. We should continually pray that God may grant us His Spirit that we may come to know Him better.

2. That your heart may be enlightened (18-23)

The second thing Paul prayed for was that they may be enlightened by God to know the hope He had given them. It is hard to have hope in a world in which there seems to be nothing but bad news. In fact, there is no worldly hope. Our hope is only in God. We can have this hope because our God raised Christ from the dead and seated him at His right hand. And we know He will raise us too.

Prayer: Lord, grant me the Holy spirit that I may know you better and have your hope at all times.

One Word: That we may know Him better

Daily Bread

Judah and Tamar

Genesis 38:1-30

Key Verse: 38:26

Then Judah identified them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.

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