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What I'm going to do is I'm going to put the prayer, this prayer on the screen, and I want

to invite us to say it out loud together, wherever we are in different places even that

we're scattered.

And if you've been memorizing this prayer,

try to say it or pray it with your eyes closed.

But no shade if you need to keep your eyes open.

But let's just pray it out loud wherever we are.

Ephesians 3, verse 14.

For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory, he may grant you to be strengthened with

power in your inner being 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 breath

and length and height and depth and to know the love of Christ that surpassed knowledge

that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,

according to the power at work within us.

To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen.

Oh, that's so good.

And what we're going to do today is camp out on these last two verses.

But I want to start by asking you a question that needs some setup.

It actually comes from our church's Bible reading this last week

in Matthew chapter 8. So here's the background. I was talking with DJ who directs our,

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