Ephesians 3:19-21

Ephesians 3:19-21
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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. (NIV)
When trials come, it becomes clear
how deeply we are grounded in the
love of God
HOW TO WE GRASP
GOD’S LOVE?
 1 John 4:8
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8 Whoever does not love does not know
God, because God is LOVE.
GOD’S LOVE
IS
PERSONAL
God’s love as a Father
A Loving Father
 Hosea 11:1-4
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1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
2 But the more they were called,

the more they went away from me.[a]

They sacrificed to the Baals
and they burned incense to images.
3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,

taking them by the arms;

but they did not realize
it was I who healed them.
A Disciplinarian
 Proverbs 3:12
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12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.[a]
A Compassionate
Father
 Psalm 103:8
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8 TheLORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
Is willing to give
Anything
 1 John 4:9
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9 Thisis how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into the world
that we might live through him.
GOD’S LOVE
AS THE SON
 1 John 3:16
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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.
 1 John 4:9
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9 Thisis how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into the world
that we might live through him.
He loves the
worthless
 ROMANS 5:6
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When we were utterly helpless, with no way of
escape, Christ came at just the right time and
died for us sinners who had no use for him.
 GOD’S LOVE
THROUGH THE
SPIRIT
 Ephesians 3:16
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16 Ipray that out of his glorious riches he may
strengthen you with power through his Spirit in
your inner being,
How can we receive
God’s love?
 Pray
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-Ephesians 3:19 (NIV)

19 and
to know this love that surpasses
knowledge—that you may be filled to the
measure of all the fullness of God.
 BELIEVE
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1 John 4:13-16

We know that we live in God and he in us,

because he has given us of his Spirit. And we
have seen and testify that the Father has sent his
Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone
acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God
lives in him and he in God. And so we know and
rely on the love God has for us.
 LOVE AS GOD LOVES US
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1 John 4:12

“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one

another, God lives in us and his love is made
complete in us.” The best way to see God’s love
is to let it flow through us.