Prayer for Spiritual Power

14For this reason I kneel before the Father 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. 16I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit, 17and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, 18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, 19and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us— 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

• God has reconciled people to Himself through Jesus.
• In Jesus, God’s redeemed people find true reconciliation and unity with each other.

2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 5He predestined us to be adopted as sons...11In him we have also received an inheritance... (Ephesians 1:2, 5, 11)

13In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. 14The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance... (Ephesians 1:13-14a)

18For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19So, then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, (Ephesians 2:18-19)

The Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and partners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. (Ephesians 3:6)

4But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, 5he saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy—through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6He poured out his Spirit on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4-7)

“Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made; were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade; to write the love of God above, would drain the ocean dry; nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.”

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. (Romans 12:1-2 MSG)

Because relationship with one another is at the core of being a disciple of Christ, we invite you to find community and experience spiritual transformation through LCC’s groups, classes, events, and service opportunities.

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THIS WEEK
Women’s Prayer Gathering: All ladies are invited. 6:30pm-8:00pm on Tuesday, April 29. Read more
Senior Adults Potluck: All seniors 60+. Noon on Thursday, May 1.
High School Lock-In: 9-12th graders. May 2-3. Read more
Membership Class: For anyone interested in LCC membership. May 2-3. Visit www.lighthousehome.org/membership.

NEXT WEEK
Brunch & Belonging: For those who are newer to Lighthouse. 10:30am on Sunday, May 4. Visit www.lighthousehome.org/connect.

ONGOING
It’s Time 4 Coffee: For everybody. 7:30am-9:00am on Thursdays in the Coffee Shop (Building 2). Read more

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Discussion questions are updated/posted each Monday morning for the previous Sunday’s sermon. Questions for May 4’s message will be posted on May 5.

See discussion questions for the teaching recorded on April 27.