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I'm thinking today of Ephesians 3 .8, the New

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Testament book Ephesians 3 .8. It says, To me,

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the very least of all the saints, this grace

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was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable

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riches of Christ. Paul was talking about himself,

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and much has been made of how he said he was

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the very least of all the saints. A saint is

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a holy one, a servant of God, and he was that.

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I think about myself and I think about the things

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that I did that would keep me out of heaven,

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the things that I did that would send me to hell.

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We all have sinned and fall short of the glory

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of God. But the gift of God is eternal life through

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Jesus Christ, his son. And so I am grateful.

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to be saved now, to have a Lord and a Savior,

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and I hope you are as well. Then it is grace

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that we are given the opportunity to preach,

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to proclaim, to teach the truth of the unfathomable

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riches of Christ to anyone that's in our circle,

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anyone that we're in contact with. It's grace

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because it's more than we deserve. It's grace

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because we now have a place to belong, a thing

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to do, a person to be. We can grow and grow and

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grow until Jesus comes again, and we can serve

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and serve and serve and give and give and give.

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Get involved in your local church. Serve. Christ

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until Jesus comes again. Check us out online

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at churchtoledo .com. There's information there

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about New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church services.

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You can go to the church hunting page and look

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for a church in your area. And there's a good

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lesson on there about what a good local church

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is. I know sometimes it's hard to find a good

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local church to belong to. God wants you where

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God has put you. And that means, by his grace,

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preaching the unfathomable riches of Christ whenever

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you possibly can. God bless you today.