This is the fourth sermon in the Growing Deep Growing Strong series. it explores how we tap into God's power through prayer which is guided by God's purposes and bold.

2. Series Outline
•A Mile High and a Mile Wide Aren’t
Enough.
•Deepening Your Faith in God.
•Deepening Your Love of God.
•Tapping into God’s Power.
•Experiencing the “Fullness” of God.

3. Tapping Into
God’s Power

5. Series Verses:
Ephesians 3
14 For this reason I kneel before
the Father, 15 from whom his
whole family in heaven and on
earth derives its name.

6. Series Verses:
Ephesians 3
16 I pray that out of his glorious
riches he may strengthen you
with power through his Spirit in
your inner being,

7. Series Verses:
Ephesians 3
17 so that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith. And I
pray that you, being rooted and
established in love,

8. Series Verses:
Ephesians 3
18 may have power, together
with all the saints, to grasp how
wide and long and high and deep
is the love of Christ,

9. 19 and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge — that you
may be filled to the measure of
all the fullness of God.

10. Series Verses:
Ephesians 3
20 Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than all we
ask or imagine, according to his
power that is at work within us,

11. Series Verses:
Ephesians 3
21 to him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout
all generations, for ever and
ever! Amen.

12. First Point
Prayer unleashes the
power of God.

13. Ephesians 1
17 I keep asking that the God of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the
glorious Father, may give you the
Spirit of wisdom and revelation,
so that you may know him
better.

14. Ephesians 1
18 I pray also that the eyes of
your heart may be enlightened
in order that you may know the
hope to which he has called you,
the riches of his glorious
inheritance in the saints,

15. Ephesians 1
19 and his incomparably great
power for us who believe. That
power is like the working of his
mighty strength,

16. Ephesians 1
20 which he exerted in Christ
when he raised him from the
dead and seated him at his right
hand in the heavenly realms,

17. Ephesians 1
21 far above all rule and authority,
power and dominion, and every
title that can be given, not only in
the present age but also in the
one to come.

18. Ephesians 1
22 And God placed all things
under his feet and appointed him
to be head over everything for
the church, 23 which is his body,
the fullness of him who fills
everything in every way.

19. Shared Themes
Ephesians 3
16 I pray that out of
his glorious riches
he may strengthen
you with power
through his Spirit in
your inner being,
Ephesians 1
19 and his
incomparably
great power for us
who believe. That
power is like the
working of his
mighty strength,

20. Shared Themes
Ephesians 3
16 I pray that out of his
glorious riches he
may strengthen you
with power through
his Spirit in your inner
being,
Ephesians 1
18 I pray also that
the eyes of your
heart may be
enlightened…

21. Paul’s Prayer in
Ephesians 1
Paul is praying
that we might
KNOW God’s
Power.John MacArthur

22. The Genre of Ephesians
3
For this reason I kneel (v. 14)… I
pray (v16) … And I pray (v. 16)
Paul is praying in this
passage.

23. The Purpose of Paul’s
Prayer in Ephesians 3
I Pray:
•that out of his glorious riches he may
strengthen you with power.
•that you, being rooted and established in love,
may have power.
•that you may be filled to the measure of all the
fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us

24. Paul’s Prayer in
Ephesians 3
Paul is praying
that we might
USE God’s
Power.John MacArthur

25. Ephesians 3: The Ignition
“It’s amazing how
many people try to
‘run the race’
without ever starting
the engine.”
John MacArthur

26. Question to Ponder
What happens when we
“run the race” in our own
power?

27. Second Point
We begin to USE God’s power
when we live in accordance
with God’s PURPOSE for us.

28. The Purpose of Paul’s Prayer
•Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I kneel before the
Father,
•Ephesians 3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner
of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
•Ephesians 2:22 And in him you too are being built
together to become a dwelling in which God
lives by his Spirit.

29. 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners
and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's
people and members of God's household, 20
built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the
chief cornerstone.
Ephesians 2

30. 21 In him the whole building is joined
together and rises to become a holy
temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you
too are being built together to become
a dwelling in which God lives by his
Spirit.
Ephesians 2

32. “YOU ARE A
PALM…
ACT LIKE ONE!!!”

33. “You are a
Christian – God’s
Dwelling Place”

34. “It is
inconceivable that
the very habitation
of God should
exist in
impotence.”John MacArthur

35. Third Point
We grow in power as
we grow bolder in our
requests to God.

36. Ephesians 3
20 Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than all we ask
or imagine, according to his power
that is at work within us, 21 to him
be glory in the church and in Christ
Jesus throughout all generations,
for ever and ever! Amen.

37. What about my
weaknesses?
•Admit my weaknesses.
•Be content with my
weaknesses.
•Honestly share my
weaknesses.
•Glory in my weaknesses.
Rick Warren