Monday, April 28, 2008

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  Man alivin' it has been a LONG time since I have typed something out for a Xanga blog. I wasn't actually purposing on posting something this morning. However, when I was reading in Ephesians, my heart connections to my fingertips would not allow me NOT to post! :O) This is such a hopeful, encouraging, exciting message I believe the Lord wants to encourage fellow believers especially when the cloud of mundane seems too heavy to see a light.  Read and soak in the words of our fellow sojourner Paul from Ephesians 3:14-21 and be encouraged!

  "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 through his Spirit 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 breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses 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."

  What a glorious hope and promise to cling to in the midst of our every day life!!! I know for myself, in the midst of the everyday life tasks I can allow thoughts of how futile, endless, and unproductive this is to rob my spirit of contentment and joy. However, it is in the mundane and in the simple that we are called to have a joyful spirit and THAT my brothers and sisters is what is going to speak volumes to nonbelievers as well as fellow Christians. When we call upon the Holy Spirit, and I pray...would  that we be reminded to do so every day...throughout the day.  Our heavenly Father will strengthen our souls with the power of CHRIST dwelling within US...how GLORIOUS of a promise and a gift has been given to us! May our prayer be to root ourselves in the Scriptures and cry out for our hearts to be more and more grounded in the love of Christ for ALL people...maybe the eyes of our hearts be opened to comprehend to deeper levels the breadth, length, the height and depth of the love of God in all that He has given to us! Yes it surpasses our knowledge but oh that we may strive to understand and see more and more that we may be FILLED with the fulness of God...the Maker of Heaven and Earth and all that is in them!!! Jesus Christ, the One who saved us and calls us to a life of glory is able to do more then we can even imagine...so may we ask...may we be BOLD...I pray our lives would be a walking testimony of the grace of God imparted to us that many would come to know HIM who is glorified in Heaven and reigns in our hearts. Jesus Christ, I pray our hearts would be reminded of this in every waking moment...that your joy would infuse our hearts...that your love would overflow into all of our relationships and people we come into contact with...may you use us as building blocks for YOUR purposes Lord...may our eyes not focus on our little lives but be lifted up to see YOU reigning...may our hearts be excited to see YOU glorified and YOUR name praised above all other names!!! Oh Lord only by your strength are we able to live a life pleasing to You...and so impart us with your strength Lord Jesus...may your name be alive in our hearts throughout the day whether exciting or mundane...fill us with the joy of revelling in your grace and your goodness that extends over all generations....to YOU be the glory for ever and ever!!!

   

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