EPHESIANS – WEEK 8

UNION WITH JESUS

EPHESIANS 3:14-21

JUNE 21, 2026

Ephesians Structure:

• Chapters 1-3
• Position (what Christ has done for us)
• Chapters 4-6
• Practice (how we live)

EPHESIANS 3:12 – In whom (Him) we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. 

PSALM 37:4 – Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 

EPHESIANS 3:14-21 – 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. 

20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. 

“If there ever was experiential Christianity, this is it.” 

– John Piper

EPHESIANS 3:16 (NLT): “I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.”

EPHESIANS 3:17A – …so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith…

PROVERBS 4:23 – Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. 

EPHESIANS 3:17B – …so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith – that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

• Rooted = Drawing Nutrition and Nourishment from. (Biological/Natural)
• Grounded (established) = Set, growing up in. At home. (Architectural/Structural)

“The world tells you many lies about who you are, and you simply have to be realistic enough to remind yourself of this [Guard your heart]. Every time you feel hurt, offended, or rejected, you have to dare to say to yourself: ‘These feelings, strong as they may be, are not telling me the truth about myself. The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God’s eyes, called the Beloved from all eternity, and held safe in an everlasting belief.” 

Henri J.M. Nouwen

EPHESIANS 3:18-19 – …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. 

γινώσκω (ginosko) – know, understand experientially (not just to know information about)

καταλαμβάνω (katalambanō) – Seize, grasp, make something your own. Comprehend.

EPHESIANS 3:19 – …and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

πλήρωμα (pleiroma) – to make full, or fill to the full.

5 Prayer Prompts