Blogged Bible Study- Ephesians 1-our identity in Christ

I am part of a blogged Bible Study, to find other writers and the days which they post go here.


Ephesians 1:3-8 (NIV)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he  predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace
that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.


* we are blessed with every blessing in the heavenly realms-we have no reason to live in defeat!
* we are chosen to be holy and blameless in his sight-doesn't say in the worlds eyes, what HE thinks is most important
*we are adopted-into his family through what Christ did for us.
*we are redeemed-no reason to wear the reproach that the world continues to want us to wear.
*we are forgiven of our sin-does anyone not feel a joy with in knowing they are forgiven?
*we are loved-in his love for us he did this, and not just mildly...HE lavished it on us! Love that it was HIS great pleasure to do it!


If we would think on this each day, and apply it to our lives daily, wonder what kind of powerful, contented, and all round different our lives would look like.  I need to look at this lots! in my human-ness I tend to forget who I am in Christ, and the name Christ trumps all other names, so who I am in HIM, is definitely more important than what anyone else(including myself) may think of me, and you!