Rooted and Grounded in Love
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14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 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, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now 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,
1. Draw Strength From Christ
1. Draw Strength From Christ
16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
phil
13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
2. Allow Christ to Dwell In Us
2. Allow Christ to Dwell In Us
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
3. Be Rooted and Established in Christ
3. Be Rooted and Established in Christ
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
rom 6.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
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2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; 13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. 8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
4. Grasp Christ’s Love in Community
4. Grasp Christ’s Love in Community
18 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,
19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
gal 6.2
2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
john 15.
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
John 15.17
17 This is my command: Love each other.
5. Know Christ and Make Him Known
5. Know Christ and Make Him Known
19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
phil 3.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
A. Spend Time in His Presence
A. Spend Time in His Presence
Luke 10.
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” 41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Mark 5.
28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
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28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
B. Spend Time in His Word
B. Spend Time in His Word
john
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
C. Spend Time with Those He Loves
C. Spend Time with Those He Loves
29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
6. Be Full of Christ
6. Be Full of Christ
19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
phil
9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
7. Believe Christ for the Impossible
7. Believe Christ for the Impossible
20 Now 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,
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
27 Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.