Being Filled with All the Fullness of God

We are exploring Paul's prayer for the Ephesian believers and for us in Ephesians 3:14-21. Paul's ultimate purpose is that we might have the resources to translate the spiritual blessings in Chapters 1-3 into our day to day lives. Paul's prayer has three main requests. Paul asked first that the Ephesians might be strengthened with might in the inner person. This strengthening is ours through the indwelling ministry of the Holy Spirit. Second, Paul prayed that Christ might dwell in our hearts by faith. In this request he is asking for our continual submission to the indwelling Holy Spirit so that we are changed from the inside out. Third, he prayed that we being rooted and grounded in the love of Christ, we might have enough spiritual strength to comprehend a little bit of the vastness of Christ's love that passes knowledge.