Would you rather…

slide down a 50 foot razor blade into a vat of alcohol,

OR

suck all the snot out of a dog's nose until its head caves in?

Would you rather…

be mechanically induced to scream at the top of your lungs for an hour,

or

have your eyes glued shut for a day?

Would you rather…

be forced to preface everything you say with the phrase "Tuck it in" under threat of being slapped,

or

have a magnetic head?

Would you rather…

have 15 nails hammered into your tongue,

or

have your saliva permanently transmuted to urine?

Would you rather…

be able to fly,

or

have the ability to read people's minds?

Would you rather…

have a foot long eyelash you can never pluck,

or

an earlobe the size of a basketball?

Would you rather…

hit every red light for the rest of your life,

or

always be wrong?

Would you rather…

Would you rather chew a piece of toenail off a really dirty man's foot,

or

thoroughly lick the armpit of a man who hasn't bathed since a week?

Would you rather…

Would you rather smell like crap 24/7

or

have no hands?

Ephesians 1:1-6Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints

who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. NKJV

I. He has ___________ us A. ______________________________ YOUR BLESSINGS

Psalm 103:1-5 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name. 2 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory. 3 He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases; 4 He keeps back your

life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace. 5 He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your strength is made

new again like the eagle's. BBE

B. ___________________ on God

Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. NKJV

BLESSEDREMEMBER

FOCUS

II. He has __________ us

A. Live a life _________________ of being chosen. God chose you:

1. TO BEHOLY = set apart, sanctified, NOT LIKE THE WORLD.

2. TO BE BLAMELESS

CHOSENWORTHY

II. He has __________ us

A. Live a life _________________ of being chosen. God chose you:

B. Remember that _______________________ 

1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now

the people of God. NKJV

CHOSENWORTHY

GOD CARES

III. He has ________________ us

Ephesians 1:4b – in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

Revelation 13:8 – All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. NKJV

PREDESTINED

Galatians 3:23-29 – But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. NKJV

EPHESIANS 2:10

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

NKJV

ONE FINAL QUESTION

Am I/willing to be in a blessed, chosen, predestined relationship with God?