The following message was delivered by Mike Sperou, Senior Pastor of North Clackamas Bible Community, on Sunday, October 16th, 2011.
It is an excerpt from his sermon, entitled 'Opening Thanksgiving,' covering Ephesians 1.15-17. In this excerpt, Mike reminds the ncBc community that faith and love, along with hope, constitute the true measure of a church and that faith, in particular, always operates in the sphere of Christ's body: a church in which he is truly Lord.
For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
