This prayer is for people who are already believers. This is something that is done to you when Christ comes in and dwells. Rooted and grounded, they are passive participles. “…In love being rooted and grounded.” Christ dwells through faith in your hearts in love being rooted and grounded. So it literally reads this way: “the Christ may dwell through faith…” there’s one. In the original, if you were to read this right out of the Greek in the order of the words, what you have is you have three prepositional phrases back to back. So I want to deal with those last words there in verse 17. “For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of God’s glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith…” This is what I want to deal with today: “…that you being rooted and grounded in love,” that right there – “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.” He’s shown them mercy and poured His love on them. He’s chosen them out of all the other people upon the face of the earth. They’re being built together into a dwelling place for God. “For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father.” For the reason that these Ephesians – all the reasons he’s been establishing really through the whole book up till now. We greatly need to be rooted in the love of Christ so that nothing in this life can move us.Įphesians 3. When we are planted in the love that Christ has for us, it will cause us to respond with love towards Him. The Three Scriptures I based my poem on are Ephesians 3:17 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Ephesians 2:10.The starting point in the Christian life is not our love for Christ, but His love for us. I commented on Poems by everyone1 Nanarm45 and Debra Joe. Poets Prayer Partners / Jesus is my Lord.įree Verse is not my strength but I decided to do it for this poem. Most important have fun and the best to all of you in the contest.Ī Love Worth Finding / Christian Corner calling / In His Steps / Christian Women of God /Ī Closer walk With Jesus / AP Girlfriends In God / Words of Grace / I am a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 3:17)ģ1. I am an ambassador for Christ (2 Cor 5:20)ģ0. I am crucified with Christ, and he lives in me (Galatians 2:20)Ģ7. I am strengthened with power through the Holy Spirit (Eph 3:16)Ģ6. I am rooted and grounded in Christ’s love (Ephesians 3:17)Ģ3. I am filled with the fruit of righteousness (Philippians 1:11)Ģ2. I am filled with the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22)Ģ1. I am a slave of righteousness (Romans 6:18)ġ9. I am no longer a slave to sin (Romans 6:6)ġ7. I am forgiven through Christ (Acts 13:39)ġ5. I am redeemed by the blood of Jesus (1 Peter 1:18-19)ġ0. I am holy through Christ (1 Peter 1:16)ĩ. I am protected from the evil one (John 17:15)ħ. I am sanctified by the truth (John 17:17)Ħ. I am the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:14)ĥ. I am anointed with the Holy Spirit (1 John 2:27)ģ. Your list of prompt your Identity In ChristĢ. Remember anyone who enter and who are not a member of 1 of my groups will be automatically disqualified.You only need to belong to one of my groups write the one group you belong to that you are a member. I am asking everyone to comment on at least one of your members in the contests poem.Write their name in your author notes that you commented on their poem. In your author notes write the 3 scriptures you chose to write for in this contest. I want you to choose 3 of them and write me a beautiful poem in Free Verse Only. In this contest I have listed 31 scriptures that relate to our identity in Christ. For Contest Identity in Christ Free Verse Only (Members Only).
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