1 You all did bad, and your hearts were like dead inside. 2 You all lived the bad way, like the world. You followed a bad leader you could not see. A bad power worked in kids who say no to God. ️ 3 We all did what we wanted. We did wrong. We were in big trouble like all people. ⚠️ 4 But God is so kind. God loves us so much. God’s love is big. ❤️ 5 We were like dead. God made us alive with Jesus. God saved you. This is a gift. ✝️ 6 God lifted us up with Jesus. God gave us a seat with Him in God’s home in the sky. ⬆️☁️ 7 God will keep on showing His kind gifts for a long, long time, because of Jesus. ⏳ 8 God saved you because He is kind. You trust Him. This is not from you. It is God’s gift. 9 It is not from your good work. No one can brag. ️ 10 We are God’s work. We are made new in Jesus. We do good jobs God planned for us to do. ✨ 11 Remember: before, you were not in the first God group. People said you were not in. ♂️ 12 At that time, you were far from Jesus. You were not in God’s people. You did not know God’s good plan. You had no hope. You were without God. ️ 13 But now, in Jesus, you who were far are near. Jesus’ blood brings you close. ➡️ 14 Jesus is our peace. He made the two groups one. He broke the wall that kept them apart. ️ 15 He ended the old rules that split us. He made one new people in Him. He made peace. ❌️ 16 He brought both groups back to God in one body. He died on the cross. He stopped the fight. ➕✝️ 17 He came to say peace to the far ones and peace to the near ones. ♂️️ 18 By Jesus, we all can go to the Father by God’s Holy Spirit. ➡️✨ 19 So now you are not strangers. You belong with God’s people. You are in God’s big family. 20 God built you on the work of Jesus’ first helpers and God’s teachers. Jesus is the big corner stone. 21 With Jesus, we all fit together. We grow into a holy house for God. ️✨ 22 In Jesus, you all are built into a home for God. God lives in you by God’s Holy Spirit. ✨