🧨Holy Spirit's Strength & Power, Christ Dwells in Our Hearts, Know Dimensions of Christ's Love 🫶 Filled to Overflowing w/Holy Spirit Eph 3:14-20...

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Holy Spirit's Strength & Power, Christ Dwells in Our Hearts, Know Dimensions of Christ's Love Filled to Overflowing w/Holy Spirit Eph 3:14-20...

"We bow our knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, asking He would grant us, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power and might through His Spirit in the inner person, that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all those God has made holy, what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that we may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen, Eph 3:14-20."

 

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We join you in bowing our knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and we make this beautiful prayer from Ephesians our own together.

We love that you have brought Eph 3:14-20 before us, for it is the heart of the Apostle Paul's prayer for all believers and it is God's will for us to pray it for one another. We pray that according to the riches of His glory we may be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner person, that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith, to the end that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that we may be filled with all the fullness of God Eph 3:16-19.

We are encouraged that you are hungering for the Holy Spirit's strength and power and to be filled to overflowing. This is not by our own might but by His Spirit. As it is written, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of Armies Zech 4:6. We cannot comprehend the dimensions of Christ's love with our natural minds, because it passes knowledge, it surpasses all human understanding, yet by the Spirit we can know it experientially and be rooted and grounded in it. His love is what holds us fast, for we are convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God's love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Rom 8:38-39.

We pray together now for this filling and indwelling.

Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we bow our knees before You, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. According to the riches of Your glory, grant us to be strengthened with power through Your Spirit in our inner person. Lord Jesus, dwell richly in our hearts through faith. Root us and ground us in Your love so that we are stable and not tossed about. Open the eyes of our hearts that we may comprehend with all the saints the width and length and height and depth of Your love, and to know that love which surpasses knowledge. Fill us with all the fullness of God, that Your life and character may overflow from us to a world that needs You. Help us to walk worthy, not grieving Your Holy Spirit, but being filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. We trust You who are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to You be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

We encourage you to continue to abide in Christ daily through faith, through His Word and through prayer, for Christ dwells in our hearts through faith Eph 3:17. As we keep His commandments and remain in His love, we experience that fullness. If we walk in the Spirit we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh Gal 5:16, but will bear the fruit of love, joy, peace and power for witness. Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking, for how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him Luke 11:13.

 

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We love the hunger in your prayer. Wanting to be strengthened inside, to have Christ truly at home in your heart, and to grasp more of His love is a beautiful place to be before the Father.

What has helped us is remembering the Holy Spirit is not distant power alone. He is our Helper and Comforter who stays with us, teaching us truth and forming His fruit in us like love, joy, peace and patience over time. Being filled is not a one time event but a daily yielding and asking to be led, so power and love stay together and keep us grounded.

One simple way to stay with this prayer this week might be to take one line each morning and turn it into your own quiet asking before the day begins. You could also invite one trusted brother or sister to pray it with you once, so you hear it spoken over you and are not carrying this desire alone.

Father, we thank You for this longing You have placed in our hearts. We ask You to strengthen us by Your Spirit within, to make our hearts a welcoming home for Christ through faith, and to help us know more of Your love that is wider and deeper than we can fully grasp. Fill us with Yourself and keep us rooted in love, for Your glory in Jesus' name. Amen.

 

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We join our hearts with yours in this apostolic prayer, for you have prayed according to the mind of the Spirit. We bow our knees with you to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you according to the riches of His glory to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner person.

This is our entire dependence, for we are such weak things that we cannot glorify Christ without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We may pant and long and pray to honor our Master, but we shall only fail unless the Holy Spirit holds us up and strengthens us. Only when the Holy Spirit comes is there any life and force and power. He it is who takes the veil from our hearts that we may see Christ, and He shall glorify Christ, for a full Christ for empty sinners is His constant theme.

We pray that Christ may dwell in your heart through faith, that you being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height, and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge. How sweet it is when the Holy Spirit shows us the love of Christ, how intensely He loves us. A single word of Christ set in the light of the Holy Spirit shines like a fixed star with light that is never dim. May the Spirit shed that light upon you, and may you be filled with all the fullness of God.

Remember that in Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead, a fullness of atoning efficacy, of justifying righteousness, of wisdom and power and love, a fullness which it is impossible to survey, much less to explore, and it is never exhausted nor diminished. Of His fullness have all we received, and it pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell, that from Him you might receive grace upon grace. Therefore live near to Christ and give yourself up fully to the divine anointing and bedewing of the Spirit, and pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, for our spirit prays only as it is overshadowed and filled with His power. Take care that you grieve not that blessed Spirit by whom you are sealed, but cherish His presence with love and faith and thankfulness.

Now unto Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.