Title: Secrets of an Abundant Life
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The secret to a prosperous life
Ephesians 3:14-21
We are children of God.
God is rich, the Creator God who created the whole universe,
You are the master of everything.
What will the son of a rich family eat, what will he wear, even if he has nothing?
No worries about what to drink.
Because abundant life is guaranteed.
In this time, I will tell you the secret to enjoying an abundant life.
1. The inner person must be strong.
Today, we will read verses 15 and 16 together.
“I kneel before the Father, who has given my name,
according to the riches of his glory, with power through his Spirit in your inner being
make me strong.”
The Apostle Paul gives the secret to living a prosperous life for Christians.
What's the secret?
“The inner man is strong.”
The modern age is an era that emphasizes the outer man and the body.
There are various kinds of accessories and cosmetics that decorate the appearance beautifully.
There are countless number of them.
Everyone weeps and laughs at their appearance.
Everyone!
Don't get too hung up on your looks.
Of course, trying to look good is neither a sin nor a bad thing.
But health is important and pursuing beauty is good, but our God
Children must be strong in their inner self, no matter what.
The apostle Paul said:
“The outward man perishes, but the inner man is being renewed day by day!”
Therefore, the outward person who is fading anyway! Don't just do it for the outsiders,
It means paying more attention to the inner person.
If we live on this earth and our inner man is new and healthy! rich in spirit and body at the same time
that life can be enjoyed.
There is a person in Japan called ‘Haruyama Shigero’.
This is a writer who writes, and he has a lot of interest in health.
So, while writing a book for 30 years, he proposed six conditions for health.
To be healthy, people must observe these six things.
First, don't get tired!
Second, get proper sleep!
Third, control your appetite!
Fourth, don't be angry!
Fifth, keep using your brain!
Sixth is to do moderate exercise.
But 30 years later, this person wrote a book called “Inner Brain Revolution” (腦內革命).
I added one more to the six things that humans really need,
It is called “peace of mind”.
And I saw that peace of mind accounts for 55% of my health.
The most important thing above all else is the word “peace of mind”.
What do you say?
It shows that the inner person is more important than the outer appearance of a person.
Paul prayed to the Ephesians,
He prayed, “Strengthen your inner man with power.”
We all want to be strong in spirit and in our inner man.
2. When Christ dominates our hearts, we are enriched.
Verse 17, “May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith, and you
Rooted and grounded in love”
What do you mean?
In order for us to live abundantly, Christ must completely
You have to let it dominate.
By the way, the word that you are in me here can be interpreted in two ways.
First, it means that you are a guest,
Second, it means that you are the Lord, and among most Christians,
Indwelling is one of these two.
Some people receive the Lord and yet treat the Lord like a guest.
They make their own decisions and insist on everything they want.
I am the host and the Lord is the guest.
There are others who have the Lord as their master and enjoy a happy and abundant life.
There are people.
The Lord becomes the master, decides according to the will of the Lord, and lives according to the guidance of the Lord.
will be
Which one are you?
When the Lord comes into us, He doesn't want to be a guest.
He has full control over all areas of my life, all areas of my thoughts!
You want to be that kind of owner.
My life is different depending on who is in charge of my life and who is the owner.
The quality will vary.
When I am the master and I insist, everything is unstable and uncertain,
It is a series of failures.
But if the Lord is my master, there is nothing to worry about.
Jesus wants to be the Lord, not the guest of our hearts.
If he comes to my heart, the first thing I should do to him is
what would you like
“Lord! Please do as you will.”
I am giving away to the Lord all the bundles of keys I have kneaded.
Our house key, our light key, my present, my future, my life,
I entrust all my worries and anxieties to the Lord and let the Lord take full control of me.
Do you guys do that?
abundant life,
A full life means that Christ is fully Lord.
Do you want an abundant life?
Do you wish for a full life?
Let Christ rule our hearts, let Him be our Master, and let us obey.
3. If you love the Lord, you will live an abundant life.
Verses 18, 19, “I am able with all the saints to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge
Realizing what the breadth and length and height and depth are,
May you be filled with things.”
When a person falls in love, nothing is visible.
Even if you hate it, you look pretty, if you're not good at it, you seem to be good at it, no matter what you say, it's lovely
Pretty.
Eating isn't the problem unless the place is the problem.
When we're together, we can't ask for more.
Everyone! May you love the Lord. Falling in love with the Lord is ecstatic.
it gets boring
There is no shortage.
No fear.
And knowing that I am receiving the amazing love of the Lord will enrich me.
That's why he says to us, "Know the overflowing love of Christ."
When I know how much the Lord loves me, my heart is filled with abundance.
Peace comes.
Anxiety and anxiety disappear. Even if you run, you won't get tired.
Everyone! Think about it!
How wonderful is the love of our Lord.
Since the Lord's death was for the sins of all mankind, how wide is His love?
In John 3:16, it says, “God so loved the world…”.
He is not only the God of Jews, but also the God of Gentiles. How wide is your love?
It is the love of the Lord that transcends all races, races, cultures and ideas.
And the love of the Lord is eternal love.
Jesus said that he loved his people, but he loved them to the end. How long is the Lord's love? (John 13:1)
And for our sins we deserve the punishment of hell, but to save us
The Lord has descended to hell.
No matter how heinous sin is, if we believe in our Lord, we will be saved.
How deep is the Lord's love? the deep abyss of that sin,
You descended to hell for me, worthy of the curse of hell, and lifted me up.
Just think of how deep that love is.
I hope you will realize and understand the high love of the Lord who lifted me up from the bottom of that hell and placed me on the throne of the Lord.
Everyone!
When you realize this kind of love of the Lord, what are your worries, worries,
Do you have any worries and regrets?
If I realize that love, I entrust my life to him,
Isn't it natural to serve him as my master?
I bless you in the name of the Lord to entrust you completely
Your life will be enriched. You will taste the fullness.
So how can you live a rich life?
Let's read verses 18 and 19 together.
“Be able to know with all the saints the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, in its breadth and
Knowing what is the length and the height and the depth, to the fullness of God
I pray that you may be filled.”
What is God saying now?
He wants us to be filled with all the fullness of God.
He wants you to be filled with all the fullness of God, not just the fullness.
That's amazing.
In a nutshell, everything that belongs to the Lord becomes mine.
Congratulations on believing.
In Luke 15, the father has a feast after the prodigal son returns.
But such a father is not worthy of being the firstborn son. So complain.
“You have served your father until now, have you given him a young goat?”
The father of the prodigal son said to his grieving eldest son:
“Aren’t all mine yours? But this four brother died and rose again,
I was lost, and I have found” (Luke 15:31,32).
That's right.
God speaks to me and you.
“All mine is yours. My wealth, my peace, my grace, my strength,
All my love is yours!”
The Lord wants to fill us with all the fullness of God.
Who is our God?
See verse 20.
“In all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,
To him who is able to abound more…”
Me and your God are what we want,
No, He is a God who fills us more abundantly than we think. Amen.