Jamie Cain

Main Reference: Ephesians 3:19 Paul ends his prayer for the Ephesians as he began, by praying for knowledge. He acknowledges, though, that God’s love ‘surpasses knowledge.’ So how can we know something that surpasses knowledge? Only by remembering that Paul doesn’t mean the kind of knowing that simply recalls a fact. He means the kind […]

Main Reference: Key verse: Ephesians 3:17b-19 When it comes to stability, everything depends on the base. Most trees extend their roots two or three times as wide as their foliage. The tallest skyscraper in the world has a foundation that goes down almost 200 feet. The root, the foundation, of the Christian life is God’s

Main Reference: Ephesians 3:17 Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians isn’t just for inner strength to endure when they suffer. The Spirit’s strengthening transforms them so that “Christ may dwell in [their] hearts through faith” (3:17). Notice that Paul isn’t praying for Christ to come into believers’ hearts, as He does at salvation. Instead, he prays

Main Reference: Ephesians 3:17 Paul wrote Ephesians while imprisoned in Rome. It wasn’t his first time suffering for the gospel, as the Ephesians knew. They knew his story and had seen some of the persecution first-hand. After taking time to remind his friends of who they were in the gospel, Paul picks up his prayer

Main Reference: Ephesians 1:18-19 If you’ve ever stumbled through your house in the dark, you know that even perfect vision is useless without light. Turn on the lights, and you see everything. That’s what Paul means when he prays ‘that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened’ (Ephesians 1:18). It’s not a prayer for

Main Reference: Ephesians 1:16, 17 A new year stretched before us promises endless opportunities to improve, to be better people. Many of our new year’s resolutions—read more, lose weight—express our inward focus. But what if we resolved to begin the year by turning our attention outward toward the good of others? We’d be imitating the