A Prayer for Strength

Bowing

Bowing

Submission

Worship

Allegiance

To Whom

The Father of all creation

The Father of all mankind

Our Father - Romans 8:15 “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!””

According To His Riches

His Riches

Young Ruler - Matt 19, Mark 10, Luke 18,

Moses - Heb 11:26 “He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.”

Joseph - Prison to Potiphar’s House to prison to the Pharaoh

Rich in Love - Eph 2:4-5 “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—”

Rich in Glory - Eph 3:16 “that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,”

Isaiah 6:3 “And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!””

Paul bowed the knee to God the Father, as we ought to today! Let us submit to His Lordship, Worship Him in Holiness, and renew our pledge of faithfulness to the praise of His Glory!

Knowledge and Strength

Epistemology & Grounding

God grants (He is the source)

Paul declared there is no excuse in Romans 1

v16 - God Grants

v17 - so that Christ may dwell

It’s all about Jesus

In the person of The Spirit

v18 - strength to comprehend

Ephesians 2:1 “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins”

v19 - to know the love of Christ

experience

knowing

That we would be rooted & grounded

Matthew 13:5-6 “Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, 6 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away.”

Matthew 13:20-21 “As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.”

ALL the saints - v18

ALl the fullness of God - v19

Praise be to God for revealing, convincing, and grounding us in His love, through Christ, by the Spirit, aligning us with all the saints!

To Him Be Glory

He is Able - v20

Creation

Redemption (from eternity)

More than we can think or imagine

The Church & Jesus - v21

Adam failed and died

OT Israel failed and was destroyed

Jesus & His Church are forever

Forever & Ever - v21

Eternity is more real than this temporal age

Proceeding from an eternal God we have everlasting life, existence, and community with the Triune God and all the saints

Praise God! Let us bow to God in prayer with Paul and all the saints for this strength, this understanding, and for the experience of the life-changing love of Christ Jesus, to the praise of His Glory!