3. Ephesians 3:14-19 ESV
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

4. Ephesians 3:14-19 ESV
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

5. “For this reason…” Ephesians 3:14-19 ESV
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
“For this reason…”

6. “For this reason…” Ephesians 3:1ESV
1 For this reason I, Paul,a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles-”
“For this reason…”

7. Ephesians 2:19-22ESV “For this reason…”
“19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,  but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
“For this reason…”

8. ““holy temple in the Lord… a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.” ”
For what reason?
“19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,  but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
““holy temple in the Lord… a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.” ”
“For this reason…”

9. Ephesians 3:14-19 ESV “I bow my knees… ” “For this reason…”
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
“I bow my knees… ”
“For this reason…”

10. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
“…he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.”

11. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9

12. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
“…he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.”

13. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
Experience His Love. Ephesians 3:17b-19a

14. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
Experience His Love. Ephesians 3:17b-19a
“—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge…”

15. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
Experience His Love. John 15:15
“No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. ”

16. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
Experience His Love. Ephesians 3:18a
The love of Christ…
“…what is the breadth and length and height and depth.”

17. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
Experience His Love. Ephesians 3:17b-19a
Be Filled with All the Fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:19

18. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
Experience His Love. Ephesians 3:17b-19a
Be Filled with All the Fullness of God.
Galatians 5:22
Fruit of the Spirit

19. What does Paul pray for these people?
Three Things:
Inner Strength. Ephesians 3:16b-17
Experience His Love. Ephesians 3:17b-19a
Be Filled with All the Fullness of God.
Psalm 63:3
“For your love is better than life…”

20. Ephesians 3:14-19 ESV
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.