Friday, July 22, 2011

May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].  May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts!  May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love.  That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]; [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself!]  Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do super-abundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]--to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever.  Amen  Ephesians 3:6-21

Today my prayer for you is this verse.  May God grant you strength and mighty power in your innermost being from His limitless resources.  May He indwell you in a way that the whole world could see and that you would not fear anything.  May He grow your faith and assurance in and of Him.  May you be rooted deeply in love and founded securely on it.  May you have the power and strength to apprehend and understand His love--the breadth, length, height, and depth of it!  May you know from experience His love which surpasses anything we could come up with on our own.  May you be filled to overflowing with His fullness and the richness of His very Presence in and around you.  May You know that you know that you know that He is mightily and powerfully at work in you, empowering you to do so incredibly much more than you could ever dare to ask or think up.  May He show you what He has planned for you that is so far outside the box of you highest prayers, hopes, desires, or thoughts.  And may He receive the glory as others see Him at work in and around you...at all times and for all generations.  That is my prayer for you.

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