With Christ
Not only do we have the precious truths that God made us alive, raised us up, and seated us in the heavenlies, but each of these truths is w
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Tara Barndt
Nov 136 min read
Alive Pt 3
“True saving faith will always result in good works. Someone who was ‘all’ dead and made alive with Christ will delight to do what glorifies
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Tara Barndt
Nov 66 min read
Alive Pt 2
“We exercise faith in Christ’s finished work, but even faith is a gift from God so that no one may boast. We bring nothing to the work of sa
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Tara Barndt
Oct 308 min read
Alive Pt 1
My birth father left my birth mother long before I was born. My birth mother gave me up for adoption. As a newborn baby, I could never...
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Tara Barndt
Oct 237 min read
But God
When we were hopeless and helpless in our dead state, but God being rich in mercy loved us with a great love. He made us alive together with
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Tara Barndt
Oct 167 min read
Dead
"We cannot truly understand God’s amazing grace and mercy if we do not truly understand our “all” dead state apart from Jesus."
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Tara Barndt
Oct 92 min read
Before & After
Before we jump into Ephesians 2, I thought it would be good for each of us to read the first section as an overview and focus on who Paul...
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Tara Barndt
Oct 25 min read
Under & Over
“We have the privilege of making God’s manifold wisdom known, the privilege of bringing Him glory and praise forever.”
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Tara Barndt
Sep 256 min read
Knowing His Greatness
“Far too often, we make the small things big, and we make little the surpassing greatness of our God. Our lives would be transformed if we s
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Tara Barndt
Sep 187 min read
Knowing His Power
“We need God’s power for life in this world. We need His power to stand firm. We need the immeasurable greatness of God’s power toward us, s
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Tara Barndt
Sep 118 min read
Knowing Our Hope
“Paul prayed for the eyes of our hearts to be enlightened. Paul uses enlightened to mean that we will love what God loves. We will see the w
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Tara Barndt
Sep 412 min read
Broken & Contrite
“Our sin deserves God’s wrath and justice, but we don’t need to be fearful when we confess. God’s wrath and justice were poured out on Jesus
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Tara Barndt
Aug 288 min read
Prayer to Know God
“The greatest privilege and highest aim we have is not just to know about God but to know Him better, personally, more intimately. And what
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Tara Barndt
Aug 215 min read
Refining Fire
[I will return to Ephesians next week.] We recently returned from the Big Island of Hawaii. Like last week, our time there reminded me...
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Tara Barndt
Aug 144 min read
God Is Our Refuge
God doesn’t just provide a shelter from bad things. He also lavishes us with good things when we run to Him as our refuge.
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Tara Barndt
Aug 76 min read
Faith & Love
“Jesus is Lord and Savior. The Ephesians believers knew this. They lived it. They professed it. They were known for it.”
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Tara Barndt
Jul 318 min read
Blessed by Being Sealed for Inheritance
“It is in Christ, by God’s sovereignty and power according to His faithfulness that we have obtained an inheritance.”
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Tara Barndt
Jul 245 min read
Blessed by Being Redeemed Pt 2
We continue the struggle with sin this side of glory, but our sin can never come close to surpassing God’s grace.
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Tara Barndt
Jul 189 min read
Blessed by Being Redeemed Pt 1
Abundant grace. Extravagant grace. Glorious grace. Lavish grace. God doesn’t parcel out meager measures of grace, and His grace never runs o
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Tara Barndt
Jul 1010 min read
Blessed by Being Chosen
“God’s glorious grace has blessed us. God has shown us His mercy, grace, love, kindness, and goodness in election and salvation. Our respons
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