The BIG IDEA: Love is not an “if,” and it changes every “then.”

Day 1

Featured Verse: Ephesians 3:14–16
- When you picture Paul kneeling before the Father for you, what does that posture of prayer reveal about how you approach God, and what would it change if you adopted it more often?
- According to the riches of his glory, the Father is able to grant you strength. What does “the riches of his glory” tell you about the kind of power you can actually ask for, rather than the kind you usually settle for?
- If the Father’s glory is the measure of what He is willing to give you through the Spirit, what hopes or prayers have you been treating as too large, or too small, for Him?

“Believers have never advanced so far as not to need further growth. The highest perfection of the godly in this life is an earnest desire to make progress. This strengthening, he tells us, is the work of the Spirit; so that it does not proceed from man’s own ability. The increase, as well as the commencement, of everything good in us, comes from the Holy Spirit.” - John Calvin

Day 2

Featured Verse: Ephesians 3:17–19
- What would it actually mean for Christ to dwell (not visit, not be consulted) in your heart through faith, and which rooms of your inner life still feel more like storage than a home for Him?
- If you are meant to be rooted and grounded in love, what is currently feeding those roots, and what would have to change for love (not fear, performance, or self-protection) to become the soil of your life?
- What would it look like for you to be filled with all the fullness of God, and what lesser fullnesses are you currently treating as enough?

“The love of Christ in its sweetness, its fulness, its greatness, its faithfulness, passeth all human comprehension. … It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow but skimmeth the water, and diveth not into its depths, so all descriptive words but touch the surface, while depths immeasurable lie beneath.” - Charles Spurgeon

Day 3

Featured Verse: Ephesians 3:20–21
- If God is able to do far more abundantly than all you ask or think, what does that expose about the size of your prayers?
- Where have you been measuring God’s work by what you can imagine, and what would it mean to let His abundance outrun your requests?
- After praying for inner strength, indwelling, love beyond knowledge, and the fullness of God, why does Paul end by handing all of it back as worship? How might you do the same?

“The Apostle in his fervid way strains language to express how far the possibility of the divine working extends. He is able, not only to do all things, but ‘beyond all things.’ … We are not straitened in God, but in ourselves.” - Alexander MacLaren

“Never keep your mouth closed because you think the mercy you want would be too great. … Do not restrict yourself. Enlarge your desire. Open your mouth wide, and he will fill it.” - Charles Spurgeon

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