Weekly Overview: God's goodness over our lives far exceeds anything we've experienced. We've only yet splashed around in the shallows of God's deep love and mercy. In order to dive deeper into the fullness of life available to us, we must learn how to posture our hearts. May your relationship with God be enriched this week as you position yourself to receive all your loving heavenly Father has to give. Scripture:"Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints." Ephesians 1:18 Devotional: In order to go deeper in God, we must allow him to open the eyes of our hearts to see him as he truly is. So often we settle in our relationship with him for that which can only be seen with our physical eyes. We settle for community apart from unity in the Spirit, God's word apart from revelation from the Spirit, and look to "open" or "closed" doors as our guide rather than making space to ask for the Holy Spirit's leadership. It's time for us as the body of Christ to truly live in the fullness of relationship afforded to us by his sacrifice. It's for this reason, in Ephesians 1:16-19, Paul told the Church in Ephesus, |
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