My Cup Runneth Over, Ps 23:5
David wrote in Ps23:5, “My cup runneth over”. His cup was filled to capacity and running over. We can appreciate what he was saying, for in our own lives our cup: Runneth over with the fulness of God. David said in Ps 16:5, “The Lord is the portion of… my cup”. Eph 3:19, says that […]
Rooted and Grounded in Love, Eph 3:17
The answer to Paul’s prayer in Eph 3:14-19 hinges on us being rooted and grounded in love. There is a companion passage to Paul’s prayer request in the Gospel of John. In Jn 14:15, Jesus said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” Like Paul, he stresses the necessity to be rooted and grounded in […]
Paul’s Five Prayers for the Whole Family, Eph 3:14-21
Our lesson today covers Eph 3:14-21, in which Paul makes five prayer requests for “the whole family in heaven and earth,” [Eph 3:15]. This whole family is made up of all those “in Christ,” [Eph 1:10], whether they are already in heaven or whether they are still on earth. In our prior Sunday school lesson, […]