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so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith - that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
*ETS:
I pray that you will prove to be rooted in Christ by your love. I also pray you all may be strengthened in the Spirit to plunge the depths, soar the heights, and explore the infinite glorious realities in Christ - which is the experience of being filled with the fullness of God.
*DTFTD:
Paul's suffering for the faith of the Gentiles was coupled with an unceasing prayer for their maturity in Christ. The church must carefully chart the emphasis of the epistles in the New Testament. The letters to the churches provide the key ministry emphasis for all generations. Mark carefully the content of the letters and you will discover a consistent emphasis: Missions and Evangelism - Preaching the Gospel to the lost; Doctrine - Teaching the saved; Discipleship - Modeling the faith ; Vision / Looking at the world and the future with the mind of Christ; Faith -Believing the truth and practicing it in daily life; Correction - Finding error and making adjustment; and Prayer -Communion with the Father through faith. An ongoing dialogue with God about things as they should be, (i.e., according to His will). The church, (you), must take this model and begin to make it a part of your daily experience. Paul was praying for the saints at Ephesus to go all the way with God. His prayer was a cry for all the saints to join the apostles in knowing what it was like to live in the fullness of God. It is time for the Christian to read the Bible with the intent of making personal application. Do you know the power of the Spirit's leading into the heights and depths of realities in Christ? The thing about prayers is they do not die. Claim God's blessing in Paul's inspired prayer today. Ask God to make real to you all that Paul had in mind as the Spirit inspired him to pen a promise of living in the fullness of God.
*EDS:
"I'm pressing on the up-ward way, New heights I'm gaining every day; Still praying as I onward bound, 'Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.' Lord lift me up and let me stand, by faith on heaven's table-land , A higher plane than I have found; Lord, plant my feet on higher ground."
Hymn - "Higher Ground" - Charles H. Gabriel 1856-1932.
INGREDIENTS: Going all the way with God. Word Study: The word "rooted" means "firmly fixed." God wants our lives to be consistent and our practices in faith to be evident. People who see us every day should notice a consistent walk that proves our faith is fixed - firmly fixed!
*ESV- English Standard Version; ETS- Essence of the Text in a Sentence; DTFTD- Devotional Thought For The Day; EDS- Essence of the Devotional in a Sentence.
