Ephesians 1:15-2:10

This week we'll be looking at Ephesians 1:15-2:10 [Prayer and Thanksgiving & Made Alive in Christ]
Here's a link to the passage: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eph%201:15-2:10&version=31

Here are a few questions from the Urbana handbook you might want to consider:
-- In what areas of your life do you struggle to find hope?
-- What difference does it make that Christ has authority over every other power? How would that conviction change the way you respond to problems in the world?
-- How do you think and talk about the church? How should that change in light of this passage?
-- How have you experienced being made alive with Christ?
-- How open are you to listening to God about the good works he has prepared for you to do (rather than determining them yourself)?

Here are a few links that will help your discussion:
Created for Good Works (Ephesians 2:10) -- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=46
The Gift That Saves Us (Ephesians 2:8-9) -- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=45
God has Raised Us from the Dead (Ephesians 2:6-7) -- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=44
A God of Grace, Mercy and Love (Ephesians 2:4-5) -- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=43
Doing What We Want (Ephesians 2:3-4) -- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=42
The Living Dead (Ephesians 2:1-2) -- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=41
For the Church (Ephesians 1:22-23)-- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=40
Power Beyond Our Own (Ephesians 1:20-21)-- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=39
Incomparable Power to Live By (Ephesians 1:19-20)-- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=38
Hope and Inheritance (Ephesians 1:18)-- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=37
The Triune God at Work in Us (Ephesians 1:17)-- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=36
Cause for Thanks and Prayer (Ephesians 1:15-16) -- http://www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=35