Oakwood Church
Growing Together - Ephesians 4:1-7
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the call to which you have been called.”
Ephesians 4:1
Ephesians 4:1
Resources for Connection and Growth:
1.The Identity of a Servant
o Humbly Grateful for the call of Christ
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the call to which you have been called.”
Ephesians 4:1
1.The Identity of a Servant
o Humbly Grateful for the call of Christ
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the call to which you have been called.”
Ephesians 4:1
Resources for Connection and Growth:
1.The Identity of a Servant
o Humbly Grateful for the call of Christ
“Paul and Timothy, servants [bondslaves] of Christ Jesus. To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi.”
Philippians 1:1
1.The Identity of a Servant
o Humbly Grateful for the call of Christ
“Paul and Timothy, servants [bondslaves] of Christ Jesus. To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi.”
Philippians 1:1
Resources for Connection and Growth:
1.The Identity of a Servant
o Humbly Grateful for the call of Christ
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the call to which you have been called.”
Ephesians 4:1
1.The Identity of a Servant
o Humbly Grateful for the call of Christ
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the call to which you have been called.”
Ephesians 4:1
Resources for Connection and Growth:
2. The Attitude of a Child
o Patiently Gentle as those loved by Jesus
“With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:2
2. The Attitude of a Child
o Patiently Gentle as those loved by Jesus
“With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:2
Resources for Connection and Growth:
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
Ephesians 4:3
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
Ephesians 4:3
Resources for Connection and Growth:
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“There is one body and one Spirit just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call.”
Ephesians 4:4
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“There is one body and one Spirit just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call.”
Ephesians 4:4
Resources for Connection and Growth:
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.”
Ephesians 4:5-6
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.”
Ephesians 4:5-6
Resources for Connection and Growth:
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women who have labored side by side with me…”
Philippians 4:2-3
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women who have labored side by side with me…”
Philippians 4:2-3
Resources for Connection and Growth:
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.”
Ephesians 4:5-6
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the one body of Christ
“One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.”
Ephesians 4:5-6
Resources for Connection and Growth:
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.”
Ephesians 4:7
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.”
Ephesians 4:7
Resources for Connection and Growth:
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“The whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”
Ephesians 4:16
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“The whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”
Ephesians 4:16
Resources for Connection and Growth:
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:12
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:12
Resources for Connection and Growth:
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“Until we all attain the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:13
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“Until we all attain the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:13
Resources for Connection and Growth:
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“Rather, speaking the truth in love we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”
Ephesians 4:15
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“Rather, speaking the truth in love we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”
Ephesians 4:15
Resources for Connection and Growth:
1.The Identity of a Servant
o Humbly Grateful for the call of Christ
2. The Attitude of a Child
o Patiently Gentle as those loved by Jesus
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the One Body of Christ
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
1.The Identity of a Servant
o Humbly Grateful for the call of Christ
2. The Attitude of a Child
o Patiently Gentle as those loved by Jesus
3. The Mindset of a Family
o Peacefully United in the One Body of Christ
4. The Interdependence of a Body
o Sharing Grace to help each other grow
“I was all ears,” he wrote, “and what was better, he not only informed my understanding but his discourses inflamed my heart.”
~ John Newton, about Alexander Clunie
~ John Newton, about Alexander Clunie
“What a poor creature I am in myself, incapable of standing a single hour without continual fresh supplies of strength and grace from the fountain-head.”
~ John Newton, “The Old African Blasphemer”
~ John Newton, “The Old African Blasphemer”
Ye fearful saints fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
~ William Cowper,
“God Moves in a Mysterious Way”
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
~ William Cowper,
“God Moves in a Mysterious Way”