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To TEACH you how to read AND apply God\\u2019s Word to your life.

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Hebrews 4:12 (NLT)

The bible is not a book you read through\\u2026 It\\u2019s a book that reads through you.

To HELP you see your life from God\\u2019s perspective.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching,\\xa0rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,\\xa0so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)

The Old Testament POINTS to God\\u2026 The Gospel is the WAY to God\\u2026 The New Testament shows us how to WALK WITH God.

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,\\xa0may give you the Spirit\\xa0of wisdom\\xa0and revelation, so that you may know him better.\\xa0Ephesians 1:17-18 (NIV)

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened\\xa0in order that you may know the hope to which he has called\\xa0you, the riches\\xa0of his glorious inheritance\\xa0in his holy people,\\xa0and his incomparably great power for us who believe. \\xa0Ephesians 1:17-18 (NIV)

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,\\xa0in which you used to live\\xa0when you followed the ways of this world\\xa0and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,\\xa0the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.\\xa0Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV)

All of us also lived among them at one time,\\xa0gratifying the cravings of our flesh\\xa0and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.\\xa0Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV)

But because of his great love for us,\\xa0God, who is rich in mercy,\\xa0made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions\\u2014it is by grace you have been saved.\\xa0Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV)

And God raised us up with Christ\\xa0and seated us with him\\xa0in the heavenly realms\\xa0in Christ Jesus,\\xa0in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,\\xa0expressed in his kindness\\xa0to us in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV)

For it is by grace\\xa0you have been saved,\\xa0through faith\\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God\\u2014not by works,\\xa0so that no one can boast.\\xa0Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV)

For we are God\\u2019s handiwork,\\xa0created\\xa0in Christ Jesus to do good works,\\xa0which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV)

Message Title:\\xa0 \\u201cGood Works\\u201d

1. The GOOD WORK God has done FOR us.

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,\\xa0in which you used to live\\xa0when you followed the ways of this world\\xa0and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,\\xa0the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.\\xa0Ephesians 2:1-5 (NIV)

All of us also lived among them at one time,\\xa0gratifying the cravings of our flesh\\xa0and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.\\xa0Ephesians 2:1-5 (NIV)

But because of his great love for us,\\xa0God, who is rich in mercy,\\xa0made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions\\u2014it is by grace you have been saved.\\xa0Ephesians 2:1-5 (NIV)

But now in Christ Jesus you who once\\xa0were far away have been brought nearby the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13 (NIV)

I became a servant of this gospel\\xa0by the gift of God\\u2019s grace given me\\xa0through the working of his power.\\xa0 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord\\u2019s people\\u2026 Ephesians 3:7-13 (NIV)

\\u2026this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles\\xa0the boundless riches of Christ, and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery,\\xa0which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.\\xa0Ephesians 3:7-13 (NIV)

His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God\\xa0should be made known\\xa0to the rulers and authorities\\xa0in the heavenly realms,\\xa0according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.\\xa0Ephesians 3:7-13 (NIV)

In him and through faith in him we may approach God\\xa0with freedom and confidence.\\xa0Ephesians 3:7-13 (NIV)

2. The GOOD WORK God wants to do IN us.

And God raised us up with Christ\\xa0and seated us with him\\xa0in the heavenly realms\\xa0in Christ Jesus\\u2026 Ephesians 2:6 (NIV)

I pray that out of his glorious riches\\xa0he may strengthen you with power\\xa0through his Spirit in your inner being\\u2026\\xa0Ephesians 3:16-19 (NIV)

Where His spirit dwells, there He swells. \\u2013 Matthew Henry

\\u2026so that Christ may dwell in your hearts\\xa0through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted\\xa0and established in love,\\xa0may have power, together with all the Lord\\u2019s holy people,\\xa0to grasp how wide and long and high and deep\\xa0is the love of Christ\\u2026 Ephesians 3:16-19 (NIV)

\\u2026and to know this love that surpasses knowledge\\u2014that you may be filled\\xa0to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:16-19 (NIV)

There is nothing that can overshadow your life when you see yourself as seated with Christ and you allow HIS Spirit to do a deep work in you.

Learning to define the work\\u2026 is key to allowing the work to be finished.

3. The GOOD WORK God wants to do THROUGH us

For it is by grace\\xa0you have been saved,\\xa0through faith\\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God\\u2014not by works,\\xa0so that no one can boast.\\xa0Ephesians 2:8-10 (NIV)

For we are God\\u2019s handiwork,\\xa0created\\xa0in Christ Jesus to do good works,\\xa0which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10 (NIV)

God did a work FOR us\\u2026 that does a work IN us\\u2026 in order to do a work THROUGH us.\\xa0

The work God wants to do through you, begins with the work God wants to do in you.

Now to him who is able\\xa0to do immeasurably more than all we ask\\xa0or imagine, according to his power\\xa0that is at work within us\\u2026\\xa0Ephesians 3:20-21(NIV)

\\u2026to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21(NIV)