Ephesians Food for the soul Postcards at front 1 each or 3 for set of 5

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Ephesians - Food for the soulPostcards at
front 1 each or 3 for set of 5
LPO Summer 2009 Pete Phillips St John's
College Durham
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Thursday MorningPrayerfulnessEphesians
3(314-21)
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Thursday MorningPrayerfulnessEphesians
3(314-21)
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Prayerfulness Ephesians 314-21
14For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15from whom his whole family in heaven and on
earth derives its name. 16I pray that out of his
glorious riches he may strengthen you with power
through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that
Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established
in love, 18may have power, together with all the
saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and
deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this
love that surpasses knowledgethat you may be
filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
    20Now 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, 21to him be
glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations, for ever and ever!
Amen.
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Prayerfulness Ephesians 314-21
14For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15from whom his whole family in heaven and on
earth derives its name and I pray

• Response to all that God has done
• Ephesians Church(es) in Chapter 1
• Saving Grace in Chapter 2
• Breaking down hostility in Chapter 2
• Fellow-citizens with Gods people
• Members of Gods household

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Prayerfulness Ephesians 31-14
1For this reason, I, Paul, prisoner for Christ
Jesus for the sake of you gentiles if indeed
you have heard of the administration of God's
grace given to me for you

• Saving grace has a mission
• ...and consequences
• ...a mystery now specially revealed
• ...Paul a servant of this mystery
• ...God's intent to make known
• ...don't be discouraged because of my sufferings
  for you...

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Prayerfulness... and suffering...for
you?Ephesians 3(314-21)
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Prayerfulness Ephesians 314-21
14For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15from whom his whole family in heaven and on
earth derives its name and I pray

• I kneel normal to stand to pray
• Emotive force of kneeling
• Father family in heaven and earth
• Prayer as a family experience
• Solitude is a misunderstanding
• Christ in your hearts only here!

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Prayerfulness Ephesians 314-21
14For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15from whom his whole family in heaven and on
earth derives its name and I pray

• I kneel normal to stand to pray
• Emotive force of kneeling
• Father family in heaven and earth
• Prayer as a family experience
• Solitude in prayer is a human misunderstanding

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Prayerfulness... and suffering...for
you?Ephesians 3(314-21)
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Prayerfulness Ephesians 314-21
that he might grant you according to the wealth
of his glory with power to be strengthened
through the spirit into the inner person so that
Christ may dwell through faith in your hearts...

• Wealth, glory and power
• Grace has a mission conseqs
• Grace also has an equipping
• Inner strengthening...
• Picture sustenance, light, Bible, bread of
  life, timer and knife reminders of mortality.

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Prayerfulness Ephesians 314-21
that he might grant you according to the wealth
of his glory with power to be strengthened
through the spirit into the inner person so that
Christ may dwell through faith in your hearts...

• Imagery from building/gardening strengthened,
  dwelling, rooted, established, strengthened
• Establish the structure in order to see the
  wonders of God
• Establish inner strength through Spirit...

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Prayerfulness Ephesians 314-21
that he might grant you according to the wealth
of his glory with power to be strengthened
through the spirit into the inner person so that
Christ may dwell through faith in your hearts...

• Prayerfulness is about inner strengthening
  building inner resources, rootedness, solidity
• Prayerfulness allows us to grasp divine
  realities and wonders
• Prayerfulness is the resourcing for knowing God

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Prayerfulness Ephesians 314-21
14For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15from whom his whole family in heaven and on
earth derives its name and I pray

• Power from love-rootedness
• Power and love go hand in hand
• Power to grasp love
• Power to know love
• Power not for itself but for love
• so that filled to the fulness of God

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Prayerfulness Ephesians 314-21
14For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15from whom his whole family in heaven and on
earth derives its name and I pray

• Note the sense of fulness, complete
• Indwelling
• Multi-dimensional love
• Surpasses knowledge
• Fulness of God
• Immeasurably more ask or imagine

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SimplePrayerfulnessEphesians 3(314-21)
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Ephesians - Food for the soulPostcards at
front 1 each or 3 for set of 5
LPO Summer 2009 Pete Phillips St John's
College Durham