Friday Fire Starters–Count Your Blessings

Friday Fire Starters are simple ways to kick-start your time with God. Here’s today’s suggestion:

Read Ephesians 1:3-9.

 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.  For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love  he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will–  to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.  In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace  that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.  And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, Ephesians 1:3-9.

Think about and name the places in your life that you seek to find your identity and security in other than your status as an adopted son or daughter of Jesus.
Surrender those things, asking the Lord to replace them with himself as #1 in your life.
Worship him and praise him for who he claims you to be.