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Christian people should devote themselves to ardent prayer to God for their brothers and sisters in Christ. How are we to do this? Paul explains this in two different ways.

The main point of the whole paragraph that is vv 25-33 is simple, direct, and comes at the very beginning: Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church. Christian husbands must love their wives in a Christlike manner. Paul repeats the command no less than three times. V 28: husbands should love their wives. Then v 33: Let each one of you love his wife as himself.

Christian people should devote themselves to ardent prayer to God for their brothers and sisters in Christ. We depend upon God’s common grace for daily bread and provision, for health and life, and we depend upon his saving grace for spiritual health and vitality. How are we to do this? Paul explains this in two different ways.

Prayer, Bowing for prayer, God the Father, Family of God, God's riches, Spiritual strength, The love of Christ, The Apostle Paul, Saints, Spiritual growth Here's how to do it: 1. Reach out to God with reverence (vs. 14). 2. Trust God as the loving Father of His family (vs. 14-15). 3. Pray for more spiritual strength (vs. 16).

Martin Luther felt like throwing away much of what he wrote. Among the handful of things he wished kept was a book from 1525 called De Servo Arbitrio, “Concerning the Bondage of the Will.” Luther wrote this to answer a European scholar named Erasmus who argued for man’s free will: that we must be able…

Bound by Cords of Love Mark 3.19b-35 Pastor Oesterwind Introduction: Read text. From the time Jesus began His earthly ministry with the words Repent and believe in the Gospel (1.15) to the day He cried out It is finished (John 19.30), He experienced opposition. What is truly amazing is the love He demonstrated…

Five Unanswerable Questions 4-19-09 Romans 8:31-35 John Stott says, “The Apostle hurls the questions. . .” 1. If God is for us – who can be against us? Scale – a few marbles on one side, 10 lb anvil on the other - Champion 2. How will he not also, graciously give us all things? We need strength to overcome…

Preparing to Live Living Requires Experiencing Christ’s Love (1) (Ephesians 3:18-19) We’ve been studying the prayer that Paul prays for his Ephesian friends as recorded in Ephesians 3:14-21 under the title “Preparing to Live.” And we’ve been following as Paul builds a ladder of requests from a prayer…

Song of Solomon 1v15-2v2 A Lily Among Thorns Introduction Continue to see the relationship between the bride and her bridegroom. We are still looking towards the wedding. 1. A Beautiful Bride 1v15 He discerns beauty in her, who had said, “I am dark” (So 1:5), because of the everlasting covenant (Ps 45:11;…