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Ephesians 3:14-19 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;

Tthat ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

DEAR LORD, for too long I have considered my life as my own. With this attitude, I have abused my body in many ways. I’m sorry. I want Your forgiveness. Please heal, cleanse and restore me so I can be useful for the purposes of Your Kingdom. O LORD, make me—and all these I hold before You—useful for Your Kingdom’s. Make known through us the power of Your Kingdom.

A Reminder of the Price of Our Redemption—I Peter 1:18,19

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Ephesians 3:14-19 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; Tthat ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Day 2—The Redemption Makes Us a Temple An amazing revelation given to Paul is that we who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ become the *temple* in which His presence dwells. Paul made use of the word *náos* when speaking of this “temple” that we become. This word means “the most holy place.” There is another word for “temple,” *hieroń, which means the temple in a much more general sense. It includes all the compartments of the temple, even the outer court. When we find Jesus going into the temple in Jerusalem, it was only into the outer part that He went. There is no record that He ever went into the part known as the náos. The truth is, He was* the most holy place. In Him the Father dwelt. Paul saw that we become the dwelling place of God on three scales. First, as individual believers we learn that we are the temple, the náos, where God’s Spirit has come to dwell. Paul asked the following thought provoking question, Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?—I Corinthians 6:19. By no means are we to defile, or dishonor, our bodies. God’s Spirit will only dwell in a pure and clean place. Paul went on to say something very challenging regarding the redemption. ...Ye are now your own? For ye are bought (from the Greek *agorázo, “redeemed”) with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s—I Corinthians 6:19b,20. In the redemption, the Lord obtained us—spirit, soul and body. Our whole being is now His. He will dwell in us, move through us and make His Kingdom known through us. DEAR LORD, for too long I have considered my life as my own. With this attitude, I have abused my body in many ways. I’m sorry. I want Your forgiveness. Please heal, cleanse and restore me so I can be useful for the purposes of Your Kingdom. O LORD, make me—and all these I hold before You—useful for Your Kingdom’s. Make known through us the power of Your Kingdom. A Reminder of the Price of Our Redemption—I Peter 1:18,19* Top of Page Berean Ministries PO Box 38 Elk Park, NC 28622-0038 © Berean Gospel Fellowship. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Permission to reprint in part or in whole is usually granted.