Work even when the boss is not around
Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as
Teach your child obedience
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2[ “Honor your father and mother,”] which is the first commandment with promise: 3[ “that it may be well
Husbands, love your wives.
25For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 26to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing
Give thanks Always
giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ephesians 5:20 (NKJV) The only way we can easily effortlessly give thanks
Walk in Wisdom
15So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17Don’t act thoughtlessly, but
Live Purposefully
Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people). Ephesians 5:15 (AMPC) We live purposefully
Walk as children of light
For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [lead the lives of those native-born to the Light]. Ephesians 5:8 (AMPC)
Vanity of things
You can be sure that using people or religion or things just for what you can get out of them–the usual variations on idolatry–will get you nowhere, and certainly nowhere
Dialect of Thanksgiving
Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, Christians have better uses for language than that. Don’t talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn’t fit our style.
Be imitators of God
Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Ephesians 5:1 (MSG)You can only imitate what you’re seeing or hearing. Therefore