First Reading
Ephesians 3:2-12
Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.
2If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you:
3How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words;
4As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,
5Which in other generations was not known to the people, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit:
6That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and co-partners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel:
7Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power:
8To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ,
9And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which has been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things:
10That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,
11According to the eternal purpose, which he made, in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.