Ephesians 6:18-24 /In our last sermon on Finding Our Identity, Paul closes his letter to Ephesus by calling them to prayer. In this study we look at the discipline of prayer and discuss it as a necessity of spiritual warfare. We also look at the value and importance of a ministry that delegates in order to meet the needs of the church.

Ephesians 6:16-17 / Are we preparing for evil days, trials and difficulty by actively putting on the whole armor of God? In the last sermon we looked at the first three elements in the divine armor of God, this week we look at three more. Join us as we consider what it means to find our identity as a soldier engaged in a spiritual warfare.

Ephesians 6:14-15 / Each of us face “evil days” in our lives, moments where we are frustrated with our circumstances, afraid and tempted to despair. As Christians, do we know how to remain resolved and emotionally strong in those seasons of life? Do we acknowledge the nature of our enemy’s warfare? Are we actively preparing by putting on the whole armor of God?

Ephesians 6:11-13 / We have an enemy who actively seeks our deception, distraction and destruction. He hates us with a passion and his influence and power is greater and more extensive than we can imagine. Do we know who he is? Do we know how to prepare ? Are we battle ready?

Ephesians 6:10 / We have learned so much from Ephesians about our identity, but as we reach the closing admonition we learn a hard truth - that we must be fearless in the face of difficulty. Hard ship is common to all people, but the way in which Christians endure life’s challenges should be unique. Today we consider, what does it mean to fight life’s battles in the courage of Christ?

Ephesians 6:5-9 / Work is hard and relationships at work can be even harder. From time to time, we all struggle with having the right heart attitude in our work place. In our passage today, we learn that God is concerned with whether or not we see our work the same way he does - as an opportunity to reflect our true identity.

Ephesians 6:1-4 / Our parents have given us life and they have contributed so much to who we are as people; sometimes for good and sometimes for bad. But because we have a Heavenly Father who gives us a spiritual identity, we have the capacity to obey and honor our parents regardless of how wonderful or tenuous our relationship has been. In this sermon, we discuss what it looks like as adults to build relationships with our parents of love, honor and obedience. We also consider fatherhood, and how important it is to approach our children the way God the Father approaches us.

Ephesians 5:31-33 / In the previous sermon we discussed the relationship between identity, values and marriage readiness. This week we will take more time to focus on the relationship between our idenity and how we understand singleness. We also provide a brief guide for dating that is intended to help us change our perspectives and make the prospect of dating less scary and more biblical.

Ephesians 5:17-21 / Many young people desire marriage, but in terms of your values and identity, are you ready? Are you establishing an identity now that will prepare you for the partnership and unity of marriage? How does marriage picture our identity in Christ?

Ephesians 5:17-21 / As we continue in Ephesians 5 we discuss how your identity is shaped by simply hearing God tell you what is important to him. Our confidence and growth is rooted deeply in whether or not we learn to value what God tells us to value.

Ephesians 5:15-16 / Paul has spent this entire chapter drawing contrasts between the old and new man, children of light versus those who live in disobedience. But in these verses he goes further, describing what it looks like to find the motivation to truly follow Christ and practically walk in the light.

Ephesians 5:8-14 / Jesus Christ has made us “children of light”, meaning his gift of salvation has delivered us from the darkness of sin and hell and brought us into the light of forgiveness and the kingdom of God. But many of us are drawn back into the dark by old friends and old habits; too many of us struggle to live our Christian lives “in the light”. In this sermon we learn to live as children of light and how to overcome when the darkness of old sin comes creeping back.

Ephesians 5:1-7 / Do you love God’s people? Do you love ministry? Do you love going to church to worship? Many Christians struggle to love the things that God loves. Why? Because they struggle to walk in his ways. In this sermon we discuss what it means to walk as dear children rather than children that are deceived by their emotions and the vain promises of the world.

Ephesians 4:29-32 / Today we look at corrupt communication and how destructive it can be when the Spirit of God doesn’t have control over our words. In Ephesians 4, we learn that God has enabled us to put on the new man, and learn to speak words that edify rather than tear down. We also discover that despite our tendency to walk in sin, God has committed himself to us by the sealing of the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 4:27-28 /Knowing who we are also means knowing who we aren’t. In Ephesians 4, we are instructed to put away the old and childish ways of our past and to put on the new man, the character and behavior of a victorious child of God. In this sermon, we look at the role the devil plays in tempting our old man and then we consider what it means to embrace our identity as a laborer and provider.

Ephesians 4:25-26 / For Christians, we have a past that is constantly trying to reassert itself within our new life; an old man that is threatening our new identity. This week we discuss the old man traits of lying and wrathful responses. We look at what scripture says about controlling our emotions and grounding our minds and speech in truth.

Ephesians 4:17-24 / For the Christian, patterns of sin have a way of eroding our identity in Christ and leaves us feeling hopeless. Today, we discuss how believers fall back into sin and we learn what it looks like to avoid going back to our old identity in the flesh.

Ephesians 4:13-16 / Many people don’t have a high estimation of the church; perhaps that is because most institutional church seems to have forgotten its divine purpose or perhaps it has to do with societies collective selfishness. But when a church invests in a way that is biblical, it’s a remarkable thing. The church has the ability to affect us deeply and change the way we see ourself and our purpose. In this sermon we ask, what benefit does the church bring to my life and what does it look like to involve myself in it’s work?

Ephesians 4:7-12 / Christ gave his life to deliver captivity captive, to provide us with salvation, and to dispense gifts to each of us that we might have value in the mission ahead of us. While many of us appreciate our salvation, very few of us appreciate the value of our gifting. What does it look like to intentionally cultivate our gifts and respect the gifting of others?

Ephesians 4:4-6 / In this second of two sermons on like-mindedness, we learn that unity in our church is contingent on what we concede about God, what doctrines we hold to. If we are going to have a healthy church family, then we will all need to strive for like-mindedness as it concerns the word of God and what it means for our lives. What we discover in today’s sermon, is that our personal and collective identities rest upon our ability to learn and agree on truth.