Read the NT in 10 week - Ephesians

Ephesians 2:8-10
⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, ⁹ not of works, lest anyone should boast. ¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

I like these verses every time I read it so I made it one of my memory verses. Today it is an encouragement to think of my salvation. Other days it might be my reminder to be humble, or of the enormity of God's love for us, or of how Jesus gives us significance.

Regarding Ephesians in general. This time while reading this group of Paul's letters I was interested in who he was writing them to and what he had to tell them. Ephesians seem more of a general letter that explains the Christian doctrine. Paul is not addressing specific items like he did in his letters to the Corinthians and the Galatians. He doesn't have to do as much correcting of bad practices or doctrine.

Also, I have to admit that I find Paul's long sentences awkward at times and it seems he uses them more in Ephesians. Reading it out loud helps when my concentration isn't high enough to keep up. And while reading out loud, I can really notice how this was a spoken letter. It starts making more sense.

I got curious of the other historical details of these letters and did a bit of google searching and found this site informative Historical Background To Paul's Prison Epistles.

As always, Paul is an inspiration to take the time to be a minister for Christ. I think about how he could see the purpose in sharing the Gospel even while he was in prison.

Thank you Jesus for your grace. Amen.