ListenDaily - 23 March 2009; The manger, the cross, the tomb, Heaven, and you
I'm praying for you this morning.
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
1 Corinthians 14:18-28 (find this or any other passages at www.Biblegateway.org)
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen
you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith."
I am praying for each of you, and for myself, that this may be true...newly true, or continually true...that God the Father will send the Holy Spirit to strengthen you at your very core, with a Heavenly power, "so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith."
I pray that, not only have you (or will you) accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, but that He would set up permanent residence in your heart, in your inner being.
The Son of God, coming to "dwell in your hearts through faith."
Take a moment and think about that. Have you accepted Christ? Does He dwell inside you? How does that change the things you think, do, and say?
Think about it, really think about it: The same One who left Heaven, who was born in a stable and laid in a manger, the same One who was nailed to the cross and broke free from the tomb, dwells within you.
We should do nothing without remembering that fact.
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Questions:
1. We often use "Jesus in my heart" words, but what does that really mean to you?
2. For whom have you prayed today?
3. Will you pick one person, out of your normal circle, and pray for them every day during this study?
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INTERESTING THOUGHT:
"What good are Greek, commentaries,
insight, gift, and all the rest,
if there is no heart for Christ"
Jim Elliot
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