PRAYER FOR REALIZATION

THE IDENTITY of FAMILY IS IN GOD

                                                                                 Ephesians 3:14-21

FAMILY ORDER. 

Humanly speaking, we link the identity of a husband, wife, and children to their particular family name.  This, however, is only a surface identification.  Family identity has a deeper root.  If we are to be success families in Christ, we are commanded to adhere to the below:

"Family" is a word that is rooted in God:  God is Father-the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  In Himself, God is a "divine family."  This also expresses itself in the way that God relates to people.

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elievers, the Bible reveals this aspect of God’s nature in rich and varied use of family imagery: God is our Father, God is Husband to His people.  God is Nurturing Mother, Christ is the Bridegroom of the church.

When a man and a woman come together in marriage, God extends to them this name that in essence belongs to Him-the name of family.  

Husband, wife, and children live up to the true meaning of this name as they reflect the nature and life of the divine family in their human family.  Gen. 1:26-28; 1 Cor. 11:3

This apostolic prayer is for the Holy Spirit’s power to fill every believer, which is the logical need if the grand objective is to be realized.   

•  3:16 STRENGTHENED with might is literally “become mighty by His power," which the Holy Spirit brings to work in the believer.

•    3:17 ROOTED like a tree and grounded like a building on a strong foundation.

•   3:18 COMPREHEND means to receive experiential, not simply to understand intellectually.

•   TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST is the essence of the greatest fullness.  All the fullness of God speaks of more than one experience or one aspect of His truth or power.  It points to a broad-based spiritually, balanced through participating in all of God’s blessings, resource, and wisdom.

•  FULNESS, that which has been completed.  The word describes a ship with a full cargo and crew, and a town with no empty houses. 

So Friends, there you have it.  We have ‘all’ we need to be a FAMILY IN GOD.  Do you want to be counted among those in God’s Family?  I do.  We can make it happen together; one family at a time.  

Playwright Janet Irene Thomas

Founder/CEO

Bible Stories Theatre of

Fine & Performing Arts

www.biblestoriestheatre.org

info@biblestoriestheatre.org