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Grace Place Atlanta COGBF
4700 Mitchell Street
Forest Park, GA 30297
Website: atlantacogbf.org
Email: info@atlantacogbf.org
Phone: (404) 241-6781
Wayne D. Mack, Pastor
Pastor Wayne D. Mack Sermon Notes
March 20, 2022
The Return: Glory in the Church!
The Return: BE AT PEACE!
Ephesians 3:20 & 21
20 Now
to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ
Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.
Amen.
GM Grace Place!
As we prepare to corporately celebrate God for allowing us to return to corporate worship and
fellowship (aka: “Return to Church), as your pastor, I want to wisely alert the GP family and
friends of GP to “how” we are expected to return to the church house after a two-year absence.
Did you know that “How We Return” is critically important?
It is important because it will
determine how richly blessed of the Lord we will be in terms of experiencing peace, prosperity,
turn-a-round, joy, contentment, spiritual fulfillment, wholeness, healing, and completion in
our life with Christ.
There’s no way we can just show back up and pick up where left off before the pandemic.
That
is to say “God had nothing to do with the pandemic” or that the pandemic carried no significant
message or clear motivating message for the church.
It also arrogantly suggests that pandemic
was an ungodly aggravation and anything but a tool used by God to minister to His people.
If we land there and stay, we are destined to miss God.
For churches that are now returning, our
ears should be wide open and burning.
Considering what the Spirit has been saying to churches over the past 24 months, plus those God
would have us to know as we stand on the threshold of reentering HIS CHURCH two years later,
it would behoove us to pause and give our ears to God.
I believe He has something to remind us
of about His Church and Our Conduct in the church.
So, as we hold the party hats and confetti for yet another week, I believe its to our advantage to
hear the rest of what God has to say to us before we enter in.
This approach is likened to the Children of Israel receiving a word of wise instruction from
Moses [in Deuteronomy] within weeks of entering the Promised Land.
Moses’ job was to
prepare the Israelites’ hearts for how to serve God in the land, and to instruct them on how to
possess the Land based on God’s expectations -- not their own.
The church is in the same position after two years of disconnect.
We need a refresher and a
reminder of what God expects of us and His church “post-pandemic”.
Understanding it will
make us all the better by and by.
And, that’s worth celebrating for years and years to come.
Last week, in this mini-series, I’ve entitled: The Return, we talked about “Be At Peace”
whereas when we have the peace of God in our hearts, then it is certain there will be Peace in the
Church.
This morning, the focus of the message, entitled: The Return: Glory in the Church – is an
opportunity to learn about a single attribute God desires to see in His church and who He uses to
achieve it.
That attribute is GLORY – as in Glory in the church.
Coupled with that,
I believe that God has used the pandemic-pause of two years to present the church a fresh
opportunity to bring back and rekindle glory in the church.
While thinking about GLORY . . .
let’s define it:
What is Glory?
Glory by man’s definition is:
• high renown or honor won by notable achievements.
magnificence or great beauty; take
great pride or pleasure in; the Bible portrays glorying in yourself or in nature as sinful.
The Biblical definition of Glory is:
• The most common use of the word "glory" in the Bible is to describe the splendor,
holiness and majesty of God.
Glory, in this sense, is often associated with a person
experiencing God's presence in a tangible way.
When used this way, the word glory
conveys a sense of heavy dignity.
The glory of man is about himself – including his pride, conceit, self-importance, pretense,
hypocrisy, arrogance, and egotism.
Man’s glory is about me, me, me, . . .
my, my, my, …
and I, I, I!
Now, Our Scripture text is Ephesians, Chapter 3, Verses 20 and 21 (NKJV):
Listen to how it reads:
20 Now
to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ
Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.
Amen.
Traditionally, this passage is often used as a benediction or a hype verse.
But it is that and much more.
These two verses are the Apostle Paul’s close to a prayer he
prayed for the Saints at the Ephesus church and future believers.
It is soul stirring and soul
inspiring.
In the prayer, Paul asked God for some bold and seemingly impossible requests like:
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Praying that out of the great and glorious riches of God’s resources, God Himself would
enable the saints to know the power of the spirit’s indwelling —that Christ might actually
live in our hearts by faith.
Paul prayed that each one of us be firmly fixed in love so much so that we be enabled to
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