Through the New Testament Reading - 2 Corinthians 4-9
Ephesians 3
Ephesians 3:6 - This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:17b-19 - And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, 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.
Ephesians 3:20-21 - 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.
Day 3 – Key Verses Considered
Ephesians 3:6 - Everyone is now able to receive the good grace of God, the gift to be fully received by God, and the power to live as he intended, no matter who they are, where they've come from, or what they've done. The most unlikely and outside person can share in deep community with the insider religious person who's lived their whole life serving God. In Christ, both stand before God equally redeemed, and equally free.
Ephesians 3:17b-19 - I pray that the love you walk in and experience in God together, as you share this common life with others, and see how big God's love can be through his presence in their life, will open your eye to just how huge his love really is. If he can love those people around you, even in their imperfections, surely he can love you. As you get to really know this, I hope you get to really know even how much bigger than knowing is this love. I pray that you would receive it in all its' fullness, getting every last drop of this incredible love that he is so willing to pour into and all over you.
Ephesians 3:20-21 - All glory to God who would love even his enemies, even us, who would love even our enemies, who would love us through our enemies, and our enemies through us, who would make us family, who would redeem the irredeemable and love the unloveable, who would make even scoundrels like us into supernatural ministers of grace, who would give us the desire to be such ministers, despite ourselves, and would choose to use this motley crew to spread his message of reconciliation to the world. All glory to him who can do even more than this through us, of all people, even more than we ever thought possible, and more than we can imagine as possible now. For now and for all eternity, may this new family on earth be the best reflection of this God of love, pointing all praise and glory toward him through these lives and relationships he's graciously restored. Glory to him for all who came before us and shared this good news with us. Glory to him for all who will hear this message from us and also be restored, forever and ever. Yes!
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