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Speaker 1: to Daily Devotions with Pastor John. I'm John Stonge, and

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Speaker 1: today's devotion is inspired by Ephesians 1, verse 18, which says,

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Speaker 1: Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may

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Speaker 1: know what is the hope to which He has called you,

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Speaker 1: what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints.

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Speaker 1: When you come to faith in Christ, the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 1: transforms you from living, walking, and thinking in darkness to

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Speaker 1: being able to walk in the light and see things

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Speaker 1: from a new, godly perspective. This world looks different once

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Speaker 1: we're blessed with the mind of Christ. Certain things that

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Speaker 1: once seemed important or valuable are no longer as important

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Speaker 1: to us. Other issues that may not have stood out

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Speaker 1: to us in the past now begin to seem paramount

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Speaker 1: in importance. As the eyes of our hearts have been enlightened,

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Speaker 1: we have come to know the hope we've found in

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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. We have a deep and abiding confidence toward

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Speaker 1: the future as we await the fulfillment of the promises

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Speaker 1: our Lord has made to us. We trust Him to

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Speaker 1: do what He has said He would do, We're certain

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Speaker 1: that He can be counted on with complete reliance. In Christ,

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Speaker 1: we've been blessed in so many ways. Through Him, we've

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Speaker 1: been granted a future inheritance that's being held securely for us.

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Speaker 1: No matter what we may experience in the here and now,

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Speaker 1: we have good and glorious things to look forward to.

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Speaker 1: Our best days during this season of our life will

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Speaker 1: pale in comparison to the future the Lord holds in

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Speaker 1: store for for all who trust in Him. Let's pray. Lord,

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Speaker 1: we thank You for Your Word, and we thank You

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Speaker 1: for the privilege that it is to be able to

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Speaker 1: read this portion of Scripture together today from the book

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Speaker 1: of Ephesians. And Father, we are grateful for the fact

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Speaker 1: that You have opened our eyes and You've made us

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Speaker 1: able to see things in a new way. When we

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Speaker 1: came to faith in Your Son, Jesus Christ, the eyes

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Speaker 1: of our hearts were enlightened and And you enabled us

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Speaker 1: to know the hope that you've called us to. And

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Speaker 1: you've been revealing to us the riches of the glorious

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Speaker 1: inheritance that you have for us. So Lord, these are

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Speaker 1: wonderful things. And it's a completely different perspective from what

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Speaker 1: we experienced in the past. Prior to knowing you, we

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Speaker 1: were walking in darkness. We did not have the light

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Speaker 1: of Christ. We were ignoring your will. And we were

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Speaker 1: idolizing our own preferences. Our hope was earthly and we

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Speaker 1: weren't truly thinking about eternity, certainly not from the perspective

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Speaker 1: that you've called us to think about it from. So Lord,

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Speaker 1: thank you for this change of mind. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: this change of living. And thank you for the new

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Speaker 1: eyes that you've given us through your son. By your grace,

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Speaker 1: we pray that we would continue to see and perceive

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Speaker 1: and think from this new perspective. And we're grateful for

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Speaker 1: the hope that you've given to us that's held securely

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Speaker 1: by you. Thank you, Father, for all of these things.

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Speaker 1: And we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.