AM: “BECAUSE OF ‘I AM’, I CAN BELONG TO GOD IN HIS FAMILY”

TEXT:   Ephesians 3:14-21

I. I can come to God my Father in prayer as His child (vv. 14-16)
A. Why I can pray (v. 14a)
B. How I should pray (v. 14b)
C. Who I am so I can pray (v. 15)
D. What I should pray for (v. 16)
II. Knowing Christ as Saviour is key to God being our Father (vv. 17-19)
A. Knowing Christ is in you personally by faith (v. 17a)
B. Knowing Christ truthfully in His Word (v. 17b)

C. Knowing assuredly of Christ’s love for us in His Word (vv. 18-19a)
D. Knowing continually the love of Christ by growing in faith (v. 19b)
III. Experiencing a spiritual reality that is aways continuing (v. 19c)
A. Individually in order to be collective
B. Submissively in order to be complete
C. Fully in order to be satisfying
D. Exceedingly in order to be progressive
IV. Experiencing God’s power in our life to bring Him glory (vv. 20-21)
A. His power exceeds our comprehension (v. 20a)
B. His power exceeds our insufficiencies (v. 20b)
C. His power exceeds our inabilities (v. 21a)
D. His power exceeds our capabilities (v.21b)