Welcome to enjoying everyday life with New York Times bestselling author Joyce

Meyer. On today's program Joyce will be teaching from her series The Book of

Ephesians. When we look at the book of Ephesians, Paul's words are foundational

for every believer. They help us to understand who we are in Christ, how much he

loves us, and how we can grow a stronger, more intimate relationship with God.

So today let's go deeper in God's Word. Listen as Joyce walks through Ephesians

chapter by chapter, showing us how we can apply its truths to our lives. Now

here's Joyce with today's series on the Book of Ephesians. We're doing the whole

book of Ephesians this weekend and that sounds like a daunting task. I'm trying

it for a couple reasons. One book of Ephesians is just phenomenal. Six chapters

in it and it's just absolutely phenomenal teaching. But secondly I really want

people to study the Bible, not just read it, but study it. And the first three

chapters of Ephesians are all about how much God loves us, the grace of God,

his mercy, his forgiveness, our inheritance in Christ, who we are in Christ, and

that has to be the foundation of our walk with God. Before we ever get around

the teaching people how to behave right, we must teach them who they are in Christ.

And so I try in my teaching to keep a good balance of that. I teach a lot on

behavior, do this, don't do this, but I always work in who we are in Christ

because if you try to teach people how to behave without them knowing how much

God loves them and that his love for them is not based on their behavior. If

that's all we teach people, which a lot of religious organizations are very guilty

of that and it just frustrates people knowing. If we teach people right then they

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