About the Book

Book: Ephesians: Experience God’s Power

Author: Sarah K. Howley

Genre: Bible Study

Release date: January 5, 2025

Are you ready to dive deep into the life-changing truths of Ephesians? In this 8-session Bible study, you’ll explore how God’s power is available to us today—transforming our lives, our relationships, and the world around us.

Sarah K. Howley, author, speaker, and founder of InspiritEncourage, is your guide on this journey through Ephesians. With insightful questions and thoughtful guidance, Sarah will help you uncover:

– The incredible spiritual blessings that God has prepared for you.

– His vision for unity among His people while honoring each person’s unique gifts.

– How to live with purpose and conviction, experiencing the fullness of life as a Christian.

– Old Testament connections that deepen your understanding of the New Testament.

– Practical ways to live out God’s truths in your daily life.

Each hour-long session includes a key Scripture passage, an introduction, engaging questions, links to Old Testament passages, and personal application. Perfect for individual or group study, Ephesians: Experience God’s Power will strengthen your faith and build deeper connections in unity with others.

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My Ephesians: Experience God’s Power Review

Because I love the book of Ephesians, this study appealed to me. I’ve used everything from devotionals to lighter studies to in-depth studies with very involved daily study times. While this study was not as all-encompassing or time consuming as those, it is a thorough study of the major themes of each chapter (and sometimes sections of a chapter) of Ephesians. Even those who are not accustomed to studying scripture will find this study easy to use and helpful for encouraging spiritual understanding and growth. And they format is perfect for small group study with questions that will prompt discussion and participation.

One of my favorite elements of this study is the inclusion of Old Testament references that highlight the themes discussed in the New Testament. Too often I’ve heard the Old Testament is good for stories and history but isn’t applicable in our lives today. We have the New Testament to teach us everything we need. But we lose the fullness of God’s plan and His character when we adopt that attitude. I love that the author ties everything the reader learns from the New Testament to Old Testament passages.

The layout of each reading is inviting as well. The author eases the reader into each session with an object lesson of sorts. Each one has a little picture of something from life that relates or explains the focus of the session. After reading the passage for the session, the reader is guided through questions designed to make them work through the overall theme of the reading. These questions are not complex, but they do encourage the reader to sort out what the passage means rather than simply reading it and moving on. The Old Testament passages come after that and the author does a great job tying the two together before moving on to application. I’m a big fan of studies that help people take the scripture lesson and make it personal to their lives. When we stop at reading and understanding the scripture, we reduce all God has for us to facts and figures to know. It’s allowing those truths to penetrate our hearts and change the way we live that frees the power of scripture and our relationship with God to change our lives. And this author did a good job of setting up each reading to move us from knowledge to living it.

About the Author

Sarah K. Howley is the founder of InspiritEncourage ministries, a trained Christian counselor, and the author of numerous Bible studies. She loves Jesus and is passionate about helping believers grow spiritually and take on Christ’s character. Sarah often travels the world, usually with espresso in hand. She and her husband support initiatives for feeding the hungry and for expanding access to reading.

More from Sarah

Years ago, I was travelling a bit before starting a new teaching job. I found myself thinking that it would be neat to visit a few places of the Bible and soon made plans and set off for Turkey. One of my stops was Ephesus; the thought that I was walking in the same place as Paul and his disciples was pretty amazing. I saw the library (now open-air) and the place where the temple of Diana had been.

Having visited and then reflected on the visit while studying the Bible, I realized that the ruins of the port town of Ephesus were a living monument to the difficult living conditions of the believers in Paul’s time. There was much remaining of the Ephesian pagan world, of a time when Christians were a fledgling group that needed the encouragement that Paul offered.

Still today, looking around me it is easy to think that we are still a fledgling group of Christians that need Paul’s encouragement. Division and favoritism are still prevalent today and we are surrounded by nonbelievers. But Paul offered words of wisdom that are still relevant to us today.

You may not visit Turkey soon, but you can connect with the people of the land through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. We can walk a mile in their shoes as we study the encouragement of Paul and experience the power of Christ in our own lives.

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Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Sarah is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon Gift Card and a copy of the book!!

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