Hillside Assembly of God

What do your prayers sound like?

Paul is praying for a certain reason. What is that reason?

What is the reason you pray?

If you want to pray powerful prayers, you need to know ___.

“The indwelling of Christ is a thing of degrees” (Charles Hodge).

The word dwell in the original Greek means to ___.

It is “the residence always in the heart of its Master and Lord, who where he dwells must rule; who enters not to cheer and soothe alone but before all things else to reign” (Bishop Handley Moule).

This prayer is asking that Jesus would ___ in your life to ___ you, your family, and your church by the ___ power of His Holy Spirit.

Like a ___, we need deep-roots anchored in love so that we can withstand storms of ___.

Like a ___, we need to be established on a foundation of love, so that we can withstand the winters of ___.

Paul transitions from talking about ___ love to ___ love.

“It is partly by loving that we learn the meaning of His love” (John Stott).

The love of Christ is “broad” enough to encompass all mankind (especially Jews and Gentiles...), “long” enough to last for eternity, “deep” enough to reach the most degraded sinner, and “high” enough to exalt him to heaven. (John Stott)

Whether you go forward or backward, up to the heights or down to the depths, nothing will separate us from the love of Christ. (Leslie Mitton)

You can’t experience the fullness of God’s love ___.

While he wants us to know God’s love, God’s love ___.

So rather than asking God for more stuff, ask God for more ___. Because He will always fill you to your ___.

It’s only by God’s great ___ that we can experience God’s great ___ in our spiritual family.