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Ephesians 2- Part 2

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Study and learn. Be changed.  Ephesians 2 Made Alive in Christ 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not
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Trusting God with our "If Onlys" and "What Ifs"

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Trusting God with our If Onlys and What Ifs? Trust? Whom do I trust? This has been an ongoing question/ problem in my life. “ What if ” looks to the future and worries about what God might allow. “ If Only ” looks to the past and grumbles about what God has given. The first leads to anxiety and the second leads to anger. Those who know me well understand that I struggle with both. Instead of giving my anxious heart to God, I handle the uncertainty of the What Ifs of life by employing one of my control tactics (my strategies, my intelligence, and my manipulation of the situation). I am learning to resist the temptation to “help God out”. Waiting is often too hard, too painful, and God just works way too slow for my liking. But when I try to help Him out, I get disaster. My focus is too often on what I can do to get what I want rather than on how I can trust God with those issues. We can only trust God when our focus is on Him and not on our circumstances. Psalm 141:8 tells us to fix
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