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Ephesians
The Ultimate Fight
July 21, 2019 • Dr. Carlo Serrano • Ephesians 6:10–18, Joshua 1:1–10
If we’re honest, for some of us the ultimate fight is just making it through the month without another disaster. For others, the ultimate fight is making it through the day without slapping someone in the face! What do we do when it seems like all of our energy is wasted because life is beating us down?
Staying In Love
July 14, 2019 • Chris Edmondson, Kim Edmondson • Ephesians 5:18–33
It is easy to fall in love—all you need is a pulse! But wow do you stay in love? Because it has never been easier to fall in love and get married, but it has never been harder to stay in love and stay married. The key is keeping your marriage relationship the number one priority over every other relationship—except your relationship with God.
Little Things Mean A Lot
July 7, 2019 • Dr. Carlo Serrano • Ephesians 4:17–32, Ephesians 5:1–20
History is full of stories about major battles that have been lost because of the tiniest mistakes, of huge business failures that were the result of the seemingly smallest miscalculation, of tragedies that were caused by a single error, of people who died because of one small misstep, of accidents that happened because of one small lapse in judgment. As it turns out, sometimes the stuff we overlook winds up being the most important stuff after all. The saying “Don’t sweat the small stuff” turns out to be bad advice. Especially in battle.
One Team, One Fight
June 30, 2019 • Dr. Carlo Serrano • Ephesians 4:1–16, Ephesians 3:1–14
There are few things worse than failing to read the fine print! Why are we studying this little book? Because when we said, “Yes” to Jesus, many of us didn’t realize that within the “fine print” of faith is the reality of spiritual battles. The good news is that we are in this together.
Winning the Battle
June 23, 2019 • Dr. Carlo Serrano • Ephesians 2:1–21, Ephesians 6:10–14
There are few things worse than picking a http://fight...and losing! Why are we studying this little book? Because we all fight battles. And to be honest, sometimes we are like a smelly teenager spraying body spray on something that will never smell fresh without a brand new start. We fight the wrong battles.
Perspective vs Postion
June 16, 2019 • Dr. Carlo Serrano • Ephesians 1:3–23, Ephesians 6:10–14
For most of us, life is more like a fight than a race. Why are we studying this little book? Because we fight battles too. And to be honest, sometimes we can’t tell if these battles are from within or from without. And that makes a big difference in how you fight them! Perspective matters. We sometimes face things that appear over our heads and we wonder, what are we to do?