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Ephesians: Things Money Can\u2019t BuyEph. 3:14-21: An Apostolic PrayerNovember 4, 2012Please turn in your Bibles to Ephesians 3:14Vs 14: Reason (khar'-in): Cause App: 3 Causes worth dying for: Christ, Church and Commission \u201cA new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.\u201d John 13:34-35\u201cIt is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13But go and learn what this means: \u2018I desire mercy, not sacrifice.\u2019 For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.\u201d Matthew 9:12-13Vs 15: We share a Kingdom family nameVs 16: Allowing the Spirit to work in your inner manApp: The key to the victorious Christian life is allowing the Holy Spirit full reign of your inner man. Own the prayer:\u201cIf anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.\u201d 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. John 7:37-39Vs 17a: The reason the previous is true: \u201cso that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.\u201d Compare with Jesus\u2019 words in John 14:In My Father\u2019s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. John 14:2 \u201cIf anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. John 14:23Spiritual Breathing: If I retake the throne of my life through sin -- a definite act of disobedience 1.I Exhale \u2013 I agree with God that I\u2019ve sinned, I repent of that sin and thank Him for the forgiveness He made available on the cross. (according to 1 John 1:9, Hebrews 10:1-25). Confession involves repentance - a change in attitude and action.2.I Inhale -- surrender the control of my life to Christ, and receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit by faith. Trust that He now directs and empowers me; according to the command of Ephesians 5:18, and the promise of 1John 5:14, 15.Vs 17b: Grasping God\u2019s Ungraspable LoveApp: The Key to our being able to love beyond human reason is the Holy Spirit\u2019s power at work in our lives. Own the prayer.Vs 20-21: The Key to All of ThisWhat is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?