Ephesians 3:9
"FELLOWSHIP OF MYSTERY"
8-10 And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head,(less than the least of all saints), the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along,(fellowship of mystery). Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God,(manifold wisdom of God) is becoming known and talked about even among the angels! (principalities and powers in the heavenly places.)
"ETERNAL PURPOSE"
11-13 All this is proceeding along lines planned all along by God (eternal purpose), and then executed in Christ Jesus. When we trust in him, we’re free to say whatever needs to be said, bold to go wherever we need to go. So don’t let my present trouble on your behalf get you down. Be proud! Have confidence by faith in Him!
"FOR THIS CAUSE"
14-19 My response is to get down on my knees before the Father,(of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.) this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.
"HE IS ABLE"
20-21 God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!(exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.) He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.
"ETERNAL PURPOSE"
11-13 All this is proceeding along lines planned all along by God (eternal purpose), and then executed in Christ Jesus. When we trust in him, we’re free to say whatever needs to be said, bold to go wherever we need to go. So don’t let my present trouble on your behalf get you down. Be proud! Have confidence by faith in Him!
"FOR THIS CAUSE"
14-19 My response is to get down on my knees before the Father,(of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.) this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.
"HE IS ABLE"
20-21 God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!(exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.) He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.
Glory to God in the church!
Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!
Glory down all the generations!
Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes! Through-out all ages world without end. Amen.
Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!
Glory down all the generations!
Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes! Through-out all ages world without end. Amen.
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