Scripture: Ephesians 1:5-6- Receiving God\’s acceptance
Ephesians 1:5-6 says, “…having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself,
according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He
has made us accepted in the Beloved.” We see that Ephesians 1 is Paul’s testimony as to how he
was able to overcome blame, shame, and guilt for killing a number of people and destroying the
lives of many more as he wasted the church and tried to destroy it. Each one of these Sonship Gifts
was successful in eradicating all blame, shame, and guilt. These gifts gave him a clear conscience
whereby he could accept, believe, and germinate the seed of God\’s Word and bring forth perhaps
the strongest of all of the apostolic ministries in Scripture. What Jesus has provided for us in the
Sonship Gifts truly works. Paul is an example, and this is his testimony of how he came into
complete and total freedom. The first three Sonship Gifts are 100% grace manifestations in that they are all done for us in order to qualify us to be adopted into God\’s Family. First, God chose us
before the foundations of the earth. Second, He declared us holy, through the Blood of Christ. And
third, He proclaimed us blameless. Our only response can be to thankfully accept without
reservation what has been given. Acceptance of those three-character traits – chosen, holy and
blameless – qualify us to take a position as a family member in the Family of God! Those three
gifts qualify us to be a son or daughter of the Most High. The fourth Sonship Gift is the actual gift
of adoption, which is bestowed upon us and that sets the stage to agree with and receive God\’s
acceptance. This acceptance is critically important as a foundation for faith. So God accepts us
into His Own Family and now we have to find and accept our assignment in the Family. Finding
our place is discovering the fullness of the purpose for which God created us in the beginning. The
Bible is not silent about God\’s individual purpose for every single one of us. Scripture is very clear
– we were created with a unique calling. The real battle is, will we accept our position in God\’s
Family and will we shoulder the purpose for which we were created?
❖ Praise God for bringing us to the sixth Gregorian month.
❖ This is the last month of the first half of the year. Therefore, there is a sense of closure in
many aspects. Command every moment of this month to praise the Lord.
❖ Pray that the Lord will strengthen you to accomplish His purposes for the first half of this
year.
❖ Using Gen 1:14-16 enforce the ordinances of the moon over this month. Declare that no
other ordinances and law being enforced using the moon at any one of its phases shall
stand.
❖ Declare that the moon will be a light for the dark nights, the moon will characterize God’s
purpose for the months and the years, the moon will signal every prophetic event meant for
this month and the sons of God will understand these signals. The moon will be a faithful
witness to God’s covenant with the Earth