Tuesday 26th may – EPHESIANS 1:11-14

“In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, ¹² that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. ¹³ In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴ who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.”

Do you realise just how much God loves you? It is that revelation; that you are loved, accepted, parented, part of His family, adopted – that’s crucial to our self-esteem. It’s that deep inner “knowing”, that whatever else we may lose in this life, we will never stop being His children. I want to tell you today…and please hear my heart, because as I pen these words from my church office, I strongly sense that some of you really need to hear this: There are no hangers-on, no slightly less loved ones, no one’s on the periphery. He has no favourites and no forgotten ones. He brings outsiders in, and we…you…are included, wanted and chosen!