Devotional-Wake Up (Ephesians 5:14)

Feeling stuck in your faith? Sylvia Gunter’s devotional, inspired by Ephesians 5:14—“Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you”—invites you to move beyond routine into a vibrant relationship with God. It highlights your unique spiritual design and calls you to let the Holy Spirit transform you from the inside out. If you’re ready to stop spiritual sleepwalking and live in the freedom God created for you, this guide offers a clear path to deeper connection and renewed purpose.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to The Father's Business
• 0:12 Wake Up: Scripture Foundation
• 0:40 Becoming Fully Alive in God's Light
• 1:20 Discovering Your Spiritual Identity
• 2:11 Blessing in the Name of Christ
• 4:05 Closing and Resource Information

Transcript

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The Father's Business was founded by Sylvia Gunter to encourage people to a deeper relationship with God.

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Thank you for listening to this devotional. Wake up, Ephesians five fourteen. Spirit, be blessed from the Word of God in first John one five. God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. And in Ephesians five fourteen, wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Beloved child of God, invite your spirit to the front to receive the ministry of the Holy Spirit, to receive this blessing. Take authority over anything that would try to keep you from receiving this truth from the Spirit of truth. Wake up, slumbering spirit, and receive from the light who created you and formed you and lives in you. Be blessed to become fully alive and responsive to God's light. Be blessed with God's richest blessings which He stored up for you before He said let there be light in this world. The resurrection power of the Son is actively working in you and for you. Jesus said that this is the day when salvation and the favor of God profoundly abound. Be blessed with meeting God deeply. Spirit, be blessed to see who God made you to be. Be blessed to discover the wonder of who you are, a person after God's own heart, a unique spirit. When you are fulfilling his design of you, you will find marvelous freedom. Be blessed as you resonate with your Father's love that you were born to enjoy. He wants you to say yes and amen to the sparks of his life that he has placed inside of you. Be blessed with being centered in his joy and peace, larger than your own soul joy and soul peace. God is reviving you, Spirit. No longer live as if you are sleepwalking. Be blessed and encouraged as you live with God. Your Father's light is rising like the dawn in you. His heart for your identity, legitimacy, and birthright is being revealed in you. Receive from Him everything you need for living in covenant with Him and others as a life giver. The Holy Spirit is permanent into you his truth and instruction. Be blessed with daily spirit renewal and revival, Spirit. Be blessed to receive the ministry of the Spirit of grace and supplication to train and transform you. You have victory, so don't let anything rob you of your peace and joy in Jesus. Be blessed with healing and revelation from God day by day. Be blessed with peace and contentment that you know have come from His Spirit. If you want to be whole, you have to be free. Receive from Him and see how good it feels to be free. Spirit, you are complex and wonderfully designed by God to do what your soul can't do. Be blessed in your spiritual DNA. Your Father of lights knows your strengths and potential, and he delights in your unique design. He knows the much more he has for you. Your creator is totally invested in nurturing you and healing your soul like you have never experienced. He blesses you with life-changing truth and revelation from his spirit and from his word. Be blessed with being filled with the Spirit of your Father, controlling your spirit, soul, and body. Be blessed to lead your soul in the ways of his spirit so that your whole person is conformed to God's intention for you. Be blessed to get in tune with your Father's heart for your identity, legitimacy, and birthright. Be blessed to be awake, enlarged, strengthened, and empowered in new ways in Him. Be blessed in the name of Christ who is your light.

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This devotional is from You Are Blessed in the Names of God by Sylvia Gunter. For more information or to order your own copy of his resource, please go to www.thefathersbusiness.com.