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It is my prayer that you will join me for a very few minutes each day to take time with Christ. Some Christians would call these “Daily Devotions.” I am going to try to post these every morning at 8 AM Fort Worth, Texas, time. It will be a great way to start every morning. But you can join me at anytime of the day or night to share these few minutes together. God’s Word is powerful 24 hours a day, every day.
It was a great honor to write an entire commentary on the book of Ephesians which was originally breathed by the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul. You won’t find this online anywhere else or in any bookstore. but you can download it with my love. – Ray
This book bears Paul’s style, is in total agreement with everything else he wrote, and it bore up to the most thorough testings by those who were led of the Spirit to choose the 66 books of the Bible.
The following verses should be studied with your Bible open to them.
EPHESIANS, CHAPTER ONE
1-2. How many Christians would heavily question God if they were imprisoned for their faith? John the Baptist did exactly that. But Paul wasted no time at all with self pity or doubt. Instead he lived each day of his Christian life to the fullest. He realized that he was in prison on assignment from and for Christ, not because Christ failed him. Paul spent eight years in prisons during his ministry. He never wasted a moment of them. They became his “rest stops” that gave him more time for talking to Christ (Colossians 2:1-3), hearing Christ respond (John 10:27), witnessing to the prison guards and everyone else (Philippians 1:13),and to write in his own words what the Holy Spirit dictated to him (2 Peter 1:20-21).
Colossians 2:1-3 – For I want you to know how great the struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face, that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
John 10:27 – My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
Philippians 1:13 – so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well-known among the whole praterion guard and to everyone else, and that most of the brethren trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.
2 Peter 1:20–21 – For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you.
Take Time With Christ #1 – Ephesians 1:1–2 - What To Do In Prison - Ray