Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus., 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.,
Ephesians 1:1-4 (CSB)
1. God has a purpose and a plan for my life.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus., 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:1-2 (CSB)
9 For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
1 Corinthians 15:9-10 (CSB)
22 I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?,
Ecclesiastes 3:22 (CSB)
26 From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live. 27 He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
Acts 17:26-27 (CSB)
11 For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 (CSB)
10 My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
Philippians 3:10 (CSB)
2. God is not withholding anything good from me.
3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.
Ephesians 1:3 (CSB)
3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.
Hebrews 11:3 (CSB)
3. God saw me when I was a long way off.
4 For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.,
Ephesians 1:4 (CSB)
5 I chose you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart before you were born.
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah 1:5 (CSB)
73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding so that I can learn your commands. Psalm 119:73 (CSB)
20 So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.
Luke 15:20 (CSB)