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Wives are called to submit to their own husbands as to the Lord. The husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church (his body, of which he is the Savior). Therefore, just as the church submits to Christ, wives should submit to their husbands in everything.This is part one in the two-week message.

In Ephesians 5:15-21, Paul urges us to live wisely in evil days by making the most of every opportunity. Rather than being controlled by wine or the empty pleasures of this world, we’re commanded to be filled with the Spirit—speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in our hearts to the Lord, and giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of Jesus Christ. This Spirit-filled life overflows into joyful worship, constant gratitude, and humble submission to one another out of reverence for Christ.

In Ephesians 5:1-14, Paul calls us to imitate God as dearly loved children and to live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us. He urges us to walk in the light—rejecting sexual immorality, impurity, greed, and coarse joking—because these things have no place among God’s holy people. Instead of partnering with the darkness, we’re to expose it, wake up from spiritual sleep, and let Christ shine on us so we can live as children of light.

In Ephesians 4:17-32, Paul gets intensely practical about what the new life in Christ actually looks like day-to-day. He urges us to stop living like the surrounding culture—futile in thinking, darkened in understanding, and enslaved to sensual impurity—and instead to put off the old self completely. We’re called to be renewed in the spirit of our minds, speak truth, control our anger, work honestly, guard our words, and replace bitterness, rage, and malice with kindness, compassion, and forgiveness—just as Christ forgave us.

In Ephesians 4:13-24, Paul paints a powerful vision of what spiritual maturity looks like. He calls us to grow up into the full stature of Christ—united in faith, stable in truth, and no longer tossed around by every new teaching or trapped in the old patterns of this world. We’re invited to take off the old self, corrupted by deceitful desires, be renewed in the spirit of our minds, and put on the new self—created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Christ descended to the depths and ascended on high, filling all things and giving gifts to His church—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. These equip believers to serve, so the body of Christ grows into unity and maturity, reaching the full stature of Christ. No longer tossed by false teachings, we speak truth in love, growing up into Christ our Head. Joined and held together by Him, each part works properly, building the body up in love.

This week, Pastor Mike Cauthorne brought a powerful message from Ephesians 4:1-16. He challenged us to walk worthy of our calling—with humility, gentleness, patience, and love—eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Pastor Mike reminded us that Christ has gifted the church with leaders to equip the saints so the body can grow into maturity, becoming more like Jesus, our Head. It was a convicting and encouraging word for our church!

This week, we received a powerful message from Ephesians 3:1-13, where the Apostle Paul, writing as a prisoner for Christ, unveiled the glorious mystery of the Gospel. Once hidden for ages, this mystery has now been revealed by the Spirit: that Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. The speaker led us into the breathtaking truth of God’s eternal plan—displaying the manifold wisdom of God to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places through the church. We were reminded that we have boldness and confident access to God through faith in Christ, and that Paul’s suffering was for our glory. It was a deeply encouraging word that stirred fresh awe at the riches of God’s grace!

This Easter Sunday, we gathered for a beautiful sunrise service as we celebrated Resurrection Sunday. The message powerfully proclaimed the hope of the empty tomb—that Jesus Christ, who was crucified and buried, rose triumphantly from the dead on the third day, conquering sin, death, and the grave forever. Just as the first rays of dawn broke over the horizon, we were reminded that because He lives, we too have new life, forgiveness, and the promise of eternal hope in Him. It was a joyful, faith-stirring morning that filled our hearts with worship and renewed assurance in the risen Savior!

This week, Bill Carter brought a powerful message from Ephesians 2:11-22, reminding us that we were once Gentiles, far off, separated from Christ and without hope in the world. But now, in Christ Jesus, we who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. He has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, creating one new man and reconciling both Jew and Gentile to God through the cross.