All right. For those of you who are visiting with us here today, we want to welcome you and let you know that we're just delighted that you're here to worship with us today. I know we have a lot of online visitors from all over and we're just really blessed that you're here. Trust that you'll be blessed that you've come on Sunday

mornings prior to the prophecy update we're going through the epistle to the

Ephesians chapter by chapter and verse by verse and today our text will be chapter

3 verses 16 through 19 we ask you to stand if you're able you can follow along

if not that's all right where you're seated.

Beginning in verse 16, the Apostle Paul by the Holy Spirit is writing and he says,

I pray that out of his glorious riches, he may strengthen you with power through his spirit in your inner being.

So that, verse 17, Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.

And 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 verse 19,

to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Wow.

What a prayer.

Oh, my goodness.

Why don't we pray?

And we'll ask God's blessing on our time together.

Loving Heavenly Father, thank you so much.

Thank you for this portion that we have before us today here in your word.

Thank you for the Holy Spirit that gives us eyes of understanding to see what it is that you desire to reveal to us today here in your word.

Lord, we need for you at this time to get our attention as only you can and keep our attention

undivided so that we can focus clearly without distraction on that which you would desire to

minister to us today. Lord, as we quiet our hearts, we ask you to speak into our

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