S – …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. 

Ephesians 3:16–19 ESV

O – Commentary:

3:17 Having Christ … make his home in your hearts is the source of spiritual power for life and ministry (see John 14:16–17, 23; 15:4–5; Gal 2:20).

3:18 how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is: Christ’s love is great in every dimension (cp. Rom 8:38–39).

3:19 May you experience (literally know) the love of Christ: The whole Christian life is based on the experience and personal knowledge of God’s grace and love in Jesus Christ (see Rom 12:1). • it is too great to understand fully: Christ’s love is much greater than ordinary human love (see Rom 5:6–8). • The believer’s life is made complete when it is filled with all the fullness of life and power by the presence of Christ within (see 1:23; Gal 2:20; Col 1:27). The believer then is conformed to his image and reflects God 

 New Living Translation Study Bible (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2008), Eph 3:17–19.

A – Three great aspects of our relationship with God:  Power through the Holy Spirit, Christ dwells in our hearts, God’s love is beyond comprehension.  Each of these are foundational in our relationship with God.  Each give us a different view of God and expands as we grow in our relationship with all three.

R – Heavenly Father, we worship and surrender to you.  Thank you for a day to grow in our love, faith and hope in you.  We invite all of these foundational parts of our relationship with you to grow and flourish.