Prayerfully Re-Center Around God
Ephesians 3:17-19
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, 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.
~ Apostle Paul
Pondering Point
How many times do you think the Apostle Paul offered this prayer for those he loved and served? Offer one up yourself. Pray it now. Pray it later. Pray it often. Pray it for others. Pray it for yourself. Write it down. Put it on the visor of your car. For now, the call to re-center in God focuses on you, but it can be easily reviewed and prayed for others also.
Review
Are you rooted and established in God’s love? Do you consider yourself empowered to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is Christ’s love? Does your walk with God go beyond mere knowledge about Him? Do you have a measure of fullness or a sense of emptiness when it comes to God’s presence in your life?
Repent (if necessary)
Is your current lifestyle limiting God’s impact and your ability to be rooted in Him? Are you providing numerous opportunities for the Spirit of God to establish His love to flow both into you and out from you? These are cues for repentance.
Return (as necessary)
If you find yourself with a sense of emptiness when it comes to God’s love, pray that you would grasp the width, the length, the height and the depth of His love for you. Ask for a full measure of God’s presence, His love, and for faith to believe that God hears and answers your prayer. The first prayer below is for yourself; the second is for others.
A Prayer for Yourself
Father God, I pray that I may be found rooted and established in love, that I may be empowered, together with all of Your holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. I pray to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that I may be filled – absolutely filled – to the measure of all of Your fullness God. In the name of Jesus Christ who dwells in my heart through faith. Amen.
A Prayer for Others
Father God, I pray that ___(name)___ may be found rooted and established in love, that (he/she) may become empowered, together with all of Your holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. I pray that he (or she) comes to know this love that surpasses knowledge—and gets filled – absolutely filled – to the measure of all Your fullness God. In the name of Jesus Christ who dwells in the hearts of His followers through faith. Amen.
John 20:2,17,18
The
Great Sending
Word of the Day
John 20:2,17,18
2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
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17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.