Paul's Prayer for the Ephesians

“For this reason I kneel before the Father,  from whom every 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 Lord’s holy people, 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. 

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.”         (Ephesians 3:14-21 NIV) [1]

 

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[1] https://biblehub.com/niv/ephesians/3.htm

 

 

In Our Hearts, We Know It Is True

I heard the Rev. R.W. Schambach tell a story about an old country preacher.  Someone asked the preacher how he knew he was going to go to heaven.  The old country preacher replied, “I know it in my knower.”

The preacher had faith.  He believed. 

“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.  We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments.  Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.  For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.  And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. 

And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony.  So we have these three witnesses— the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and all three agree.  Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son.  All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don’t believe what God has testified about his Son. 

And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.  Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.” (1John 5:1-12 NLT) [1] 

Please believe today.  God will give you the faith to trust in Jesus for your salvation … fully and completely.  Then, find a Bible believing church that has a discipleship program for new Christians.

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[1] https://biblehub.com/nlt/1_john/5.htm