“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, 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.”
Ephesians 3:14-19
This prayer of Paul for the Ephesians is a prayer for all believers.
Christianity is not just a faith it is a way of life rooted in love. A love from God that we as Christians must show to the world at all times.
Pauls prayer is that we grasp how all encompassing God’s love for us in Christ Jesus is. It is a love that surpasses all knowledge.
Understanding such love is what makes us better Christians. It’s what enables us to reach out in love and pray for even our worst enemies and persecutors.
In order to truly understand the depth of Gods love for us we must read the scriptures and study them in earnest.
We must pray believing that God will show us how to love the way He does. How to reach out to others and lead them to Salvation in Christ.
Francis of Assisi wrote,
The prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Think about it.
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