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 6—Seeing that Our Personal Temples Are Made Holy
All the prayers we have gained from Paul’s Prison Epistles—Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians—work toward making us useful for God’s Kingdom. The one we use as our guide for this month of praying is asking in a straightforward manner that we all come under the Government of Christ in our inner man. (Review Day 1.)
Some of us can make the necessary changes of thinking and acting, simply by resolving to so. But, in most of us there are ways that don’t fit in God’s Kingdom that we are not, by our own self-determination, able to put away. This covers a wide range of thinking and responding that have worked from beneath the surface in us—many of them since early childhood. Even though they work quietly and behind the scenes, they work toward corrupting our temple.
A lady I know grew up in great poverty. Many times there was so little food to eat that the entire family went hungry. When she became older and was no longer in poverty, she could not control her eating. If there was food there, she ate it. She took enormous helpings at mealtime. Needless to say, she became an enormous person, ruled by an appetite for food that seemed never to be satisfied. The insecurity of her younger days set up a “government” in her that has continued all her life.
And so, many a person is ruled by some inner government that began in the early years of their life.
MY DEAR FATHER, at some point my appetites got out of control. There came to be cravings in me that were not good. Sometimes I wanted things that I knew were not good for me. But something in me demanded that I have them. I am ready now to be free from those desires that possessed me. They are close to destroying my life. Oh, set me free, in Jesus’ Name! I want my body, Your temple, to be a place where You will be glad to dwell.
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