Are we being filled with God’s lavish grace and His wisdom or are we being filled with things that rob us of joy and wisdom? 

Yesterday, we looked at the astonishing truth that, according to God’s love and pleasure, we have been adopted into His family - He is our Father, and we have an eternal inheritance! Today, in this final reflection on these verses, we return to the theme of praise.

Today, we are reflecting on the blessing of adoption; to love God, and to be able to call Him “Father,” is only possible because we have been adopted into His family through Jesus Christ.

In our last study, we saw how God has made us holy and blameless in His sight; today, let’s see that a crucial part of being holy and blameless is that we grow in love - for God and others.

Yesterday, we reflected on the wonder of being chosen by God. Today, we turn to the incredible purpose of that choice: that we should be holy and blameless in His sight.

Our richly blessed condition is because God chose us.

Do we know that God wants to teach us about, and will give us the resources to live with, overflowing praise?

What does it mean to be ‘in Christ and why is it only ‘in Christ’ that we can be saved and have the spiritual blessings that are available?

This week, we are looking at Ephesians 1:1-3. Today, we ask: what does it mean to have every spiritual blessing?

Continuing in Ephesians 1:3, we ask:  How is it that Jesus is divine whilst still having a ‘God and Father’? 

Why is praise our highest calling and why is it vital for a healthy Christian life?

Today, we finish by recalling the command to keep on being filled with the Spirit.