#ephesians 3

[psalmonesermons]

The dimensions of God's love Part 2

The width, length, depth, and height of God's love Ephesians 3:18-19

Picking up from Part 1 in Ephesians 3:18 we see that there is a supernatural order of the dimensions of God’s love.

The Holy Spirit directs our attention as follows.

A. What is Breadth? We have some difficulty in seeing the breadth of God’s love to all men of every race and colour, every age from a foetus in the mother’s womb to a man on his death bed, embracing each one of these. In all time past, back to Adam and forward to Christ’s second advent. This breadth tells the Jewish believers of God’s love for the Gentiles and tells us now of His love for all the various parts of the body of Christ. In my Father’s house there are many mansions. God’s love is so broad it embraces His whole family beyond any man-made barriers. He is not a respecter of rank or position. His love is so broad it includes from the humblest to the most exalted of his people.

B. Length, this invites us to meditate on the eternal nature of God’s love. Christ loved us before we got born again. 1 John 4:19 tells us that we love him, because he first loved us and as his love knows no end, so it has no beginning and is from everlasting to everlasting. Jeremiah 31:3 Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving kindness. I have drawn thee the Lord says this to each one of us. His drawing of us unto himself is the effect of his love. John 13:1 Jesus loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. Romans 8:35-39 Nothing can separate us from God’s love. Are you catching a glimpse of its length?

C. Depth, another way to look at the depth of God’s love is to look back to where we came from, dying and on the way to eternal death. Each one of us can take a minute to meditate on how deep our Father’s love was to raise us up out of the pit of our sinful lives. We were children wrath by nature see Ephesians 2:1-6. Does this not speak to your heart of the Depth of our Father’s love?

D. Height, so far, we have seen the love of God has a boundless breadth, an endless length, a fathomless depth then surely its height is measureless? In trying to comprehend the height we may look to both our present privileges and our future promises as clearly identified in the word of God. 1 Samuel 2:8, Isaiah 56:5 Romans 8:16-17, 1 John 3:1, and Revelation 22:4-5,19 that we might know the love of Christ which passes knowledge by the Holy Spirit that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

Did Paul get carried away with it here or was the Holy Spirit showing us the summit of the prayer?

Are we not heirs of the Father, joint heirs of Christ?

If we ask for bread, will he give us a stone or a snake instead of a fish?

This is the point; the word of God tells us that God wants us at filled with all His own fullness.

Our hearts and minds must constantly be occupied with the love of Christ to be prepared for the being filled with all his fullness.

Do you hunger and thirst for righteousness as in Matthew 5:6?

The Greek for ‘filled with all the fullness’ suggests a continuous process, a progressive and enlarging experience. As a vessel is filled to the brim the vessel then expands and the process continues thus our hearts will grow and take in more of him on an ongoing basis.

Suggestion: Let us agree not to pray any more weak and feeble prayers!

Pray for yourself and others in this manner.

Prayer Father God we bow our knees to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We ask that you grant us, according to your riches, that we might be strengthened with your mighty power in our inner man. We pray that Christ may be dwelling in our hearts by faith, and that we are becoming rooted and grounded in your divine love. We ask that we may be able to comprehend with all your saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of your love, and to come to truly know your love which surpasses mere human knowledge, that we might be filled with the love of God as you are Lord.

Lord, we know you can do much more above all we can ask or even think because your power is at work in us, and we say.

Amen

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Day 3 - The Image Lost

SCRIPTURES:

Genesis 5-6

Psalm 12

Ephesians 3

Below you will find each audible version over beats, visuals and "helpful tools." At the very bottom you will see a "read & rant episode"

Genesis 5 (NASB)

GENESIS 5 (AUDIBLE) ON STREETLIGHTS:

GENESIS 5 (VISUAL) ON GIDEON FILMS:

 Genesis 6 (NASB)

GENESIS 6 (AUDIBLE) ON STREETLIGHTS:

 Psalms 12 (NASB)

PSALM 12 (AUDIBLE) ON STREETLIGHTS:

Ephesians 3 (NASB)

EPHESIANS 3 (AUDIBLE) ON STREETLIGHTS:

VISUAL ON THE BIBLE PROJECT:

HELPFUL TOOLS

Ephesians part 2 by Isaiah Saldivar

Ephesians 2-3 by Spoken Gospel

Walk with God - Streetlights

Psalm 12 - Spoken Gospel

[doulafaith]

His Diamond in the Rough

Context: Ephesians 3: 1-21 Focus: Ephesians 3: 8-10 “To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold (multifaceted) wisdom of God might now be made known to…

[fardell24b]

Church notes - 16th April 2023

16th Philippians 1:9 - 11 Isaiah 53:6 - 12

Ephesians 3:14 -21 The Church and God's Limitless Power

vs 15 He didn't want the readers to be discouraged by his imprisonment.

Temptations - To retreat - To react

vs 16 Be inwardly refreshed by the Spirit. vs 17, 18 Enduring, deep rooted, established in love of Christ.

vs 19 Infinite love, infinite power.

vs 21 God is unbounded. He is unlimited.

Esther 4:13, 14

God had a plan but Esther had to interceede.

Ephesians 5:22

We look for the chances God is giving us to serve Him.

Ephesians 6:18 - 20

[moderntradwife]

[walkswithmyfather]

Romans 8:10 (NLT). “And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God.”

Galatians 2:20 (NLT). “My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

John 14:15-17 (NASB2020). “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. The Holy Spirit I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.”

Ephesians 3:16-19 (NLT). “I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.”

There is much more about God in you on the Blog (link below). Amen! 🙏🕊️🙌

[wiirocku]

Ephesians 3:18 (NLT) - And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is.

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[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Paul's Prayer for the Ephesians

16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, — Ephesians 3:16-17 | American Standard Version (ASV) The American Standard Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: John 14:23; Romans 7:22; Romans 8:9-10; Romans 9:23; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 1:18; Ephesians 2:22; Ephesians 3:8; Colossians 1:23

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How can we be rooted and grounded in love?

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"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his 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."

[aressida]

Feminists, I want to express how I feel when I see all of you (as someone who once held feminist views and disliked men a decade ago, but now that I have gained understanding): Enough with the sabotage!

Be the duty of a woman. -> Genesis 2:18

-> Galatians 3:28 -> 1 Timothy 2:9-15 -> 1 Corinthians 11:3 -> Titus 2:3-5 -> 1 Timothy 2:11-12 -> Ephesians 5:22-24 -> Proverbs 31:11–12 -> Genesis 3:16

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Daniel's Prophesied Seventy Weeks

REASONS FOR THE 70 WEEKS 1. To finish transgression, and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity. 2. To bring everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy to Israel. 3. To anoint the most Holy. Daniel 9:24 – Authorised Version Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins,…

[moderntradwife]

I found this template online a few months ago. It comes in handy when you don’t know where to start. So far my house is spotless and I’m not stressing out.

[walkswithmyfather]

Ephesians 3:20-21 (NASB). “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.”

Romans 8:29 (NIV). “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.”

“God Works Within Us” By In Touch Ministries:

“God has a purpose for your life—and it's more wonderful than you can imagine.”

“Let the words from today’s reading slowly sink in: “able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think” (Eph. 3:20). What an amazing description of the Lord’s ability to work within us. Yet so often our focus is mainly on what we want Him to do—namely, that if He’d change this or fix that, then our life would be better. But He invites us to think and ask bigger—He wants to change us!

The Holy Spirit has more than enough power to transform lives from the inside out, but change within is usually a slow process. Spiritual fruit takes time to grow and mature. That’s why we need patience and faith to believe God is working even when results aren’t evident.

God has a purpose for your life, and He is constantly working to achieve it. He also has an overarching goal—to conform every believer to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29). In order to do this, He may have to bring us through some struggles and heartaches. It might make no sense to us, but God knows exactly what He’s doing.

What would you like to see the Lord do within you? As you read the Scriptures, look for qualities that God considers precious, and ask Him to work them out in your life. Then rely on His wonderful promise to do even more than you have asked or imagined.”

[Photo thanks to Simon Berger at Unsplash]