Declare the Word - Blessings #2-

Eph 1:5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.

God saw down the corridors of time to know that the Jews would one day turn their back on Christ - so God turned His affections toward the Gentiles - offering them eternal salvation through Christ. God even went deeper throughout the Gentile population to find you personally. If you come out of Gentilism, which most of us do, God preplanned that you, if and when you chose to come to Christ, to adopt you into His family.

To be a part of God's family, you have to choose Him back. God gave you a free will to choose or reject God's wonderful gift to be a part of His family. You must choose Jesus, God's son as the One who came to earth to pay the penalty for your sins. You see, we were all born into a sinful world, and we must accept God's free gift of salvation that comes through Christ. In Christ, you then become a part of God's family.

Declare this blessing out loud.
"I have been adopted by God into His family - all because of Christ"

Blessing #3

Eph 1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

It gave God great pleasure to accept you into His family. He loves you so much and want you to know how much He loves you. And God wants you to know through this verse that it gives Him great pleasure to have you into His family. "You are accepted in the Beloved."

Declare this blessing out loud
"God loves me so much that it gave Him great pleasure to accept me into His family."

If you have already accepted Jesus Christ, God's Son into your life, please know that you have already been adopted into God's family. He had it planned all along because He knew that one day your would say "yes" to Jesus.

If, however, you have not accepted Jesus into your life, and you want to be adopted into God's family, make the decision right now to say, "Jesus, I believe in you and want you in my life. I yield myself over to you and choose to follow after you all the days of my life." 

I now say to you - "welcome to the family of God."
Now you say out loud...I now belong to the family of God

For all of you who have accepted Christ, you are now a king's kid - you are a part of the family of God - know that you are royalty, having the Creator of heaven and earth as your heavenly Father. Start seeing yourself as God's child. You are heavenly royalty, heirs to the Kingdom of God. And one day, you will co-rule and reign with Christ throughout eternity. You are the blessed of the blessed. And know that you can come to your heavenly Father any time 24/7, which takes us into Blessing #3.

Keep declaring out loud who you are in Christ - "I am chosen by God. It gave God great pleasure to adopt me into His family. Thank you Jesus for what you have done for me. Hallelujah!"

I have so much to tell you on our eighteen blessings listed in Ephesians 1-3, so I want you to join us for each blessing as we walk our way through Ephesians, chapters 1-3. See you in the next episode as we continue discovering our spiritual blessings that we have in heavenly places - all because of Jesus Christ and what He has done for us.

Until the next episode...keep declaring over and over the blessings you have - all because of Christ.