One-Year Bible Reading Plan  : Seekers & New Believers |  Jun 20 | Ephesians Chapter 3: The Mystery of Christ and His Exceeding Love 

🦌 Opening Today’s Reading 

Dear brothers, sisters, and friends, peace be with you in the Lord!

Welcome to today's reading journey! Today, we are exploring Ephesians Chapter 3 together.

In daily life, do you ever feel insignificant or wonder if you can truly experience the depth of God's love? When life brings fatigue and uncertainty, we all need an outpouring of inner strength that goes beyond human capability.

Let's pause and take a quiet moment. Bringing a receptive heart, let's step into today's scripture to discover God's grand design for all people and receive the profound prayer Paul offers for every believer..

📖 Context Snapshot 

Where are we today?

Ephesians Chapter 3 unveils the mystery of the Gospel and presents Paul's earnest prayer for spiritual strength:

1. The Mystery of Christ Revealed (Ephesians 3:1–13): Paul explains the hidden mystery of ages past—that Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel. Though Paul considers himself less than the least of all saints, he was given grace to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ.

2. Paul's Prayer for Inner Strength and Love (Ephesians 3:14–21): Paul bows his knees before the Father, praying that God would grant believers to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man. He prays that they may comprehend the breadth, length, depth, and height of Christ's love, closing with a doxology to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.

💡 Today’s Scripture Verse  - Ephesians  3

3 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

🌟Daily Heart-Check:  From "Insecurity" to "Rooted in Love" 

• A Universal Inheritance: Regardless of our past, cultural heritage, or personal limits, we are made joint-heirs in Christ Jesus, fully welcomed into God's spiritual family.

• Inner Might: True strength begins within. As the Holy Spirit strengthens our inner being and we become rooted in Christ's unfathomable love, we find the resilience to stand firm through life's trials.

🎵 Response Song :  

🙏 Closing Prayer

Loving Heavenly Father,

Thank You for speaking to us today through Ephesians Chapter 3.

We praise You for revealing the wonderful mystery of the Gospel, bringing us into Your family as fellow heirs in Christ Jesus.

Grant us, according to the riches of Your glory, to be strengthened with might by Your Spirit in the inner man. May Christ dwell in our hearts by faith, and root us deeply in love, so that we may comprehend the boundless breadth, length, depth, and height of Your love.

Lord, we trust in Your almighty power that works within us—power able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.

We commit our daily lives, families, and friends into Your care. May Your glory shine through us today.

In Jesus' name we pray, Amen!