A prayer for a great inheritance by Sharon James.

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.

Ephesians 1.3.

Paul wrote, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the spirit who is from God

that we may understand what God has freely given us, 1st Corinthians 212.

So stop and pray with me for just a moment.

Dear Lord, I pray that you will open my mind

to comprehend all that you have given me. Help me to let go of preconceived

notions and small-minded thinking to take hold of all that you have for me. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Did you pray? Did you mean it? Let's keep going. As you hear the following words, take note of the verb tense in each sentence.

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 for adoption to sonship 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 the 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, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure

Which he purposed in Christ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment

To bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in

conformity with the purpose of his will in order that we who were the first to

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