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A Prayer for the Ephesians
14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge —that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Cindy Park continued the Pneuma series with a message from Ephesians 3:14-19 about how the Holy Spirit helps us fully grasp God's love. Paul's goal for us is to be filled with the fullness of God and it takes the power of the Holy Spirit to help us fully embrace God's love for us. Being in deep intimate relationship with Jesus establishes a stability, security, and confidence to sustain us during life's pain and trials. We struggle with the idea of being loved, and look for affirmation of love from outside sources, but this will always lead to disappointment. Through prayer for our hearts to be fully filled in the Holy Spirit, we can rest in the knowledge of God's love for us and this ultimately impacts the way we view ourselves, and helps us to live with an outward focus. Instead of trying to earn love or prove we're worthy of love, we can live in the overflow of God's great love for us. How could the full knowledge of God's wide and long and high and deep love for us impact the way we live?
by Arnold Wang
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