Praying in the New Year part 2 (More than Cheese and Crackers)
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The document reflects on Ephesians 3:14-21, emphasizing the importance of God's power and love in the life of believers. It suggests that true strength comes from surrendering to Christ and understanding His love, which fills us with the fullness of God. Additionally, it includes a call to action for personal reflection and commitment related to faith and spiritual growth.
Praying in the New Year part 2 (More than Cheese and Crackers)
- 1. Ephesians 3:14-16 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, www.networkbible.org
- 2. Ephesians 3:17-19 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. www.networkbible.org
- 3. Ephesians 3:20-21 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to the power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. www.networkbible.org
- 4. God is SOVEREIGN over creation because He is its Creator. Apart from God we will never know the life we were DESIGNED to live. Paul’s prayer is not only that we understand what is ours, but that we begin LIVIN’ in what we are given.
- 5. The purpose of power is to STRENGTHEN you. Resolutions are not kept or broken based on PHYSICAL strength. Resolutions are broken because the desire for the new is OVERRIDDEN by the enjoyment of the old. God starts us with the appetizer of POWER
- 6. This prayer is for a DEEPER experience in Christ. Power is related to how much we have given POSSESSION of our lives over to Christ. I pray that Christ may DWELL in your hearts by faith.
- 7. We cannot fully understand the love of Christ but that is no EXCUSE for not seeking to understand it more fully. The more we understand the love of Christ the greater MEASURE we can be filled with the fullness of God. The dessert is the FULLNESS of God.
- 8. Please take a moment to fill out your Communication Card My Next Step Today is to: ( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin) ( ) Evaluate what it means to “kneel” before the Father in my life. ( ) Pray for greater strength to be the presence of Christ in all circumstances ( ) Identify where I may not have given possession of my life to Christ ( ) Commit to praying this prayer from Ephesians for Network/myself. ( ) Other________________________