One-Year Bible Reading Plan  : Seekers & New Believers |  Jun 18 | Ephesians Chapter 1: Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly Places 

🦌 Opening Today’s Reading 

Dear brothers, sisters, and friends, peace be with you in the Lord!

Welcome to today's reading journey! Today, we open one of the most glorious letters written by Paul—Ephesians Chapter 1.

In daily life, we often wrestle with feelings of insecurity, questions about our identity, or worries about the future. Who are we truly, and what inheritance has God prepared for us in Christ?

Let's pause and take a quiet moment. Bringing a heart full of expectation, let's step into today's scripture to discover how God chose us before the foundation of the world and showered us with every spiritual blessing.

📖 Context Snapshot 

Where are we today?

Ephesians Chapter 1 serves as a grand unveiling of God's redemptive plan across eternity:

1. Spiritual Blessings in Christ (Ephesians 1:1–14): Paul praises God the Father for choosing us before the creation of the world and adopting us as His children; God the Son, Jesus Christ, for redeeming us through His blood and forgiving our sins; and God the Holy Spirit for sealing us as a guarantee of our eternal inheritance to the praise of His glory.

2. Paul's Prayer for Enlightenment and Power (Ephesians 1:15–23): Hearing of the believers' faith and love, Paul prays continually that God would grant them the "spirit of wisdom and revelation" so that the eyes of their understanding may be enlightened to know the hope of His calling, the riches of His inheritance, and the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe—the same power that raised Christ from the dead and exalted Him as head over all things for the church.

💡 Today’s Scripture Verse  - Ephesians  1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

🌟Daily Heart-Check:  From "Spiritual Poverty" to "Heavenly Riches" 

• Secure Identity in Christ: Our worth is not tied to earthly performance or human approval. God knew us, chose us, and sealed us with the Holy Spirit as His cherished children before the world began.

• Eyes of Understanding: True faith goes beyond head knowledge. We need the Holy Spirit to enlighten the eyes of our heart so that we can daily experience the resurrection power of Christ working within us.

🎵 Response Song :  

🙏 Closing Prayer

Loving Heavenly Father,

Thank You for speaking to us today through Ephesians Chapter 1.

We praise You for choosing us before the foundation of the world and blessing us with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus. Thank You for redeeming us through the precious blood of Your Son and sealing us with Your Holy Spirit.

Give us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You. Enlighten the eyes of our understanding so that we may truly know the hope to which You have called us, the glory of Your inheritance, and the exceeding greatness of Your power toward us who believe.

Bless our families, friends, seekers, and new believers today. May our lives continually rebound to the praise of Your glorious grace.

In Jesus' name we pray, Amen!