Title: Paul's Prayer/Ephesians 3:14-19
Contents Bible Ephesians 3:14-19
Title: Paul's Prayer
Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I say to every tribe in heaven and on earth
Ephesians 3:15 On my knees I pray before the Father, who has given his name
Ephesians 3:16 according to the riches of his glory, through his Spirit the man within you
make me strong with power
Ephesians 3:17 Let Christ dwell in your hearts through faith,
that you are rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:18 able to know with all the saints the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge
Ephesians 3:19 Knowing what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
I pray that you may be filled with the fullness.
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Today, the headline of the front page of the JoongAng Ilbo is written in large letters, 'Raging murderer, weak security.'
This sad and dark article is adorned with this sad and dark article that goes to the house of a person who has been accused of being a rapist and lived his life and testified badly against him, kills his two children, and finds two men and women who sued him in two and a half hours.
Everyone involved in this case is terrified. The criminal calls the police station and shouts, “Because I will never surrender until I kill the enemy, so know that.”
Now you can see that Korea is going very wrong. The result of this today is that the seeds we sowed wrongly in the past are bearing the wrong fruits.
It is the result of wrong education, material omnipotence, wrong values, and our mistakes that we cannot see tomorrow and live today.
What we need to do now is that the seeds we need to sow now are not only that we should live to become a model model through faith, but we also need to educate our children about the faith well.
Even now, we cannot guarantee tomorrow unless we do our best to educate ourselves in faith.
The president and other leaders are trying to lead the way right, but things are not going well. This is limited by the state's control.
Today's text is Paul's earnest prayer for the saints of the Ephesian church.
1. Posture of prayer - Kneeling down and praying - Prayer that comes out of the heart
Breaking the knee is what appears when you earnestly ask for it. You'll break your knees when you beg.
This is a picture of Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Luke 22:39 Jesus went out and went to the Mount of Olives according to his custom, and his disciples followed him.
Luke 22:40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, Pray that you will not enter into temptation.
Luke 22:41 He left them and went as far as stones to throw them, and knelt down and prayed.
Luke 22:42 He said to him, “Father, if it is your will, remove this cup from me.
Luke 22:43 An angel appeared to Jesus from heaven and gave him strength.
Luke 22:44 Jesus prayed more earnestly and with all his might, his sweat fell like drops of blood.
2. Contents of prayer -
1) Strengthen the inner man of the Ephesian church members with power.
16 according to the riches of his glory, through his Spirit the man within you
make me strong with power
2) Let Christ dwell in your hearts through faith,
17 Let Christ dwell in your hearts through faith,
3) You are rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:17 Let Christ dwell in your hearts through faith,
that you are rooted and grounded in love,
4) Know the love of Christ that overflows in knowledge
Ephesians 3:18 able to know with all the saints the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge
Ephesians 3:19 Knowing what is the breadth and length and height and depth
5) May you be filled with all the fullness of God.
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