Thursday: W19, Recovery

Training:
AM:
51 min run (easy pace)
50 x goblet squats
50 x db swings
50 x good mornings
2x15 curl to press
100 x leg levers

PM:
300 x pushups

Notes: Good session. Started at 4:20am due to a busy schedule today. Doing my workouts in the morning is something I need to consider, but only if I can successfully monitor my sleep patterns.
Sleep: 7 hours

Daily Reading:
Ephesians

1.) Facts:

• Paul's letter to the Ephesians emphasized the church itself, of which Christ is its head. The first three chapters concentrate on the church being God's workmanship, which he made to be what it is according to his eternal plan of salvation. It was a plan that began in eternity, was implemented in time, and will be completed on the day of judgment when God receives his church of believers, the new Israel, into heavenly glory. This plan of salvation is all by God's grace. See Ephesians 2:8,9.The last three chapters concentrate on the response of the believers to God's plan of salvation as the recipients of his grace. The believers are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works. Their good works will be holy lives of loving service to God and their neighbor. See Ephesians 2:10

2.) Lessons:

• 1:7 - In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.
• 1:11-12 - In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
• 2:4-5 - But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
• 2:8-10 - For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
• 2:18 - For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
• 3:12 - In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
• 3:17-19 -And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
• 4:1-6 - As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
• 4:17-32 - So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.20 That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21 when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin” Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
• 5:3-5 -But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
• 5:8 - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord
• 5:22-29 - Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church
• 6:18 - And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.

3.) Applications:

• I am redeemed and have received forgiveness from all my sins through Christ's blood.
• I have been chosen by God for a specific purpose. I must glorify Him in all that I do. Which is day by day, minute by minute decision.
• I have been saved by grace, through faith, not by works so that I may not boast. It is through God's great love that I am saved from hell.
• It is through faith in Christ and His sacrifice that I may approach God freely and with confidence. Christ's sacrifice has given be complete access to the Father.
• I must put off my old self which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires and put on the new self in Christ. Build others up in the kingdom of God and leave the life of darkness in which I previously lived.
• I was once in darkness, but now I live in the light.
• When the time comes, I must submit myself fully to my wife and be the spiritual leader of our home. I must love her as Christ loved the church.

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 4:22-24 -You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. 
• 6:18 - And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.