2. Ephesians 3:14-21

3. How do you handle temptations? How do you handle offenses? How do you use your time? How is your marriage relationship? How are you handling your singleness or your sexuality? Our empowerment is God’s prescribed way to make us fit for His Kingdom

4. Why are we empowered? What prevents us from experiencing it? How can we experience it?

5. Why are we empowered? For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. Ephesians 3:14-15

6. Why are we empowered? I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that (purpose clause) Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith... Ephesians 3:16-17

7. Why are we empowered? To remain steady/consistent in Christ

8. Let the words of Christ dwell in you richly...Colossians 3:16 If you abide in me and my words abide in you...John 15:7

9. Why are we empowered? And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 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, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge... Ephesians 3:17b-19

10. Why are we empowered? To know how much The Father loves us

11. His Love But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all… Romans 8:32a

12. What prevents us from experiencing it? 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… Ephesians 3:20 Unbelief

13. How can you experience it? Be persistent in prayer, reading and worship