Ephesians 3:14-19 – For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
A. The Petitions
B. Petition # 1
C. Petition # 2 – Strength to Know the Unknowable
1. Reasons for the strengthening to know the Unknowable
a. What is required of us to experience the love of Christ – Phil. 3:12-13
– A sacred place: Matthew 6:6, Luke 22:39
– A set time: Luke 5:16, Eph. 5:15-16
– A settled heart: Hebrews 10:19-23, Psalm 139:23, Psalm 63:1