Words to Live By: Never Short Sell an Immeasurably More God
Words to Live By: Never Short Sell an Immeasurably More God
Ephesians 3:16-21
August 17th, 2025
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We can always trust God’s Word because…
God’s Word always produces.
Isaiah 55:10,11 (NIV) As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
We can always trust God’s Word because…
God’s Word never fails.
Luke 1:37 (NIV) 37 For no word from God will ever fail.” Spoken to Mary on her inquiry, “how can a virgin give birth to a savior?”
We can always trust God’s Word because…
God’s Word always sustains.
Matthew 4:4 (NIV) 4 ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4 (message) “It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God’s mouth.” Jesus’ response to Satan’s first temptation in the desert.
We can always trust God’s Word because…
God’s Word always frees.
John 8:31b-32 (NIV)31b “If you hold to my teaching [words], you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Jesus’ admonition to His disciples.
We can always trust God’s Word because…
God’s Word is always fresh.
Hebrews 4:12a (NIV) 12 For the word of God is alive and active.
We can always trust God’s Word because…
God’s Word never expires.
Mt 24:35 (NIV) 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
There isn’t anything you can read that will add more life to your life than the Bible!
6 words to live by
Never short sell an immeasurably more God.
Never underestimate the power of a simple prayer offered on behalf of a complex situation.
Never under value the implications/impact of obedience.
Never be afraid of the repercussions of telling the truth in love. One of those repercussions is freedom.
When lost or in the dark always ask for more of God. You need Him more than answers, advice or direction.
Change always requires change.
Ephesians 3:16-21 (NIV) 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Prayer Ask #1: Supernatural Strength & Indwelling Presence.
16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
God is neither poor or stingy.
Paul is asking God to stop the courage drain and build strength in you from the reservoir of His glorious riches.
Christ isn’t out there, He’s in here. Think less link arms with Christ and more live out the power of Christ.
Prayer Ask #1: Supernatural Strength & Indwelling Presence.
Prayer Ask #2 To Be Filled Up with the Fullness with God.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
God’s love is wide enough, long enough and deep enough to heal all of our holes and fill up all of our emptiness.
The core lies Satan feeds us are God is not enough and/or we are not enough. The Truth is God’s love is enough to fill us and make us whole! Our lack isn’t a match for His riches! Our holes aren’t don’t overwhelm His love.
To know the love of God is both intellectual grasp and experiential knowledge. The components of the intellectual grasp include the following.
Sin creates a gap un-crossable by us. Jesus came down to us because we couldn’t get up to Him.
We don’t have the capacity to pay for our own sin. The penalty of sin is death. Jesus died for us because a perfect sacrifice was necessary to pay the penalty of our sin and to expunge our record of sin.
Jesus died but He didn’t stay dead. Jesus resurrection ended deaths mastery over us.
We can live full in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit
Prayer Ask #1: Supernatural Strength & Indwelling Presence.
Prayer Ask #2 To Be Filled with the Fullness with God.
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” A.W. Tozer The knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God; Their Meaning in the Christian Life.
We have to have a supernatural understanding of who God is to have faith for supernatural outcomes – internal or external.
V20. Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Why did Paul feel such an encouraging and elaborate description of God was necessary? Because…
God isn’t just an external force, He is also a present, active and partnering internal force. … “at work within us”. What’s in front of you isn’t a match for the God inside of you.
No challenge is a match for God’s capacity.
God exceeds our expectations (more than we can think or imagine). Don’t settle for less or even ask for more, ask for full.
We are not the children of a small, limited, ill-informed God. We pray to an immeasurably more God who wants us to experience more of Him and His love than we do right now and who wants to accomplish more in us and through us than we could ever dream.
How does this word impact my world in real time? We can be consumed by a challenge or we can be consumed by God but we can’t be consumed by both – you have to pick.