Our God is such a good, loving Father, that he wants us to live with a foundational understanding of his affection toward us.

He wants the knowledge of his unconditional love for us to be so deeply rooted within us that all striving ceases,

and we live in total freedom as his children.

Today, we're going to further explore that concept as we begin to finish up our week

on knowing the heart of God.

Welcome to the First of team podcast.

Our scripture for today comes from Ephesians 3, 17 through 19, where Paul writes, 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.

One of the most wonderful results of knowing the heart of God is living with a foundation

of affection. Often, we spend too much of our daily time and energy working for the affections

of others, from trying to earn their respect and admiration of friends and family to vying for approval from a

complete stranger we're in constant need of affection but as believers we've been given a wellspring

of love and affection and communion with our heavenly father There's nothing we have to do or could ever

do to earn the love of God. His love is the beginning. His affection is meant to be the catalyst

for our emotions, thoughts, and actions rather than the result. And it's for this reason that God calls us to be rooted

and grounded in His love in Ephesians 3, 17 through 19. To read it again, Paul writes, 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.

When we seek a fresh revelation of God's unconditional love,

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