This sermon describes some steps that we can take in order to grow deeper in our love for God.

4. 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.

5. Deepening Your
Love of God

6. First Point
Our love for God deepens as
we consider the permanency of
His promises.

7. Ephesians 3
16 I pray that out of his glorious
riches he may strengthen you with
power through his Spirit in your inner
being, 17a so that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith.

8. Hebrews 11:9
9 By faith he went to live in the land
of promise, as in a foreign
land, living in tents with Isaac and
Jacob, heirs with him of the same
promise.

9. 2 Greek Words for
“dwell; live”
κατοικέω
(kat-oikeō)
To dwell
permanently
Eph. 3:17
παροικέω
(par-oikeō)
To dwell
temporarily; to live
as a foreigner
Hebrews 11:9

10. Ephesians 3
16 I pray that out of his glorious
riches he may strengthen you with
power through his Spirit in your inner
being, 17 so that Christ may dwell
permanently in your hearts through
faith.

11. Second Point
Our love for one another
deepens our love for God.

12. Ephesians 3
17bAnd I pray that you, being rooted and
established in love, 18 may have power,
together with all the saints, to grasp how
wide and long and high and deep is the
love of Christ, 19 and to know this love
that surpasses knowledge.

13. Ephesians 3:17b
And I pray that you, being rooted and
established in love,
ἐν ται̂ς καρδίαις ὑμω̂ν, ἐν ἀγάπῃ
ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι
All plurals, referring to believers in their
relationship with one another

14. Rooted in Love
ῥιζόω / rhē-zo'-ō
to cause to strike root, to
strengthen with roots, to render
firm

18. “Founded” in Love
Θεμελιόω / The-me-lē-o'-ō
To lay or construct a
foundation; to found upon; to
establish

19. Love is Death
“It’s a wise groom who
has to be dragged to the
altar. He knows what love
is. It’s death. If lovers
don’t know this, they are
headed for trouble.”

20. Love is an Exercise
in Frustration
“Love is an exercise in
frustration. You leave the
window up when you
want it down. You watch
someone else’s favorite
TV program.

21. Love is an Exercise
in Frustration
You kiss when you have
a headache. You turn the
music down when you
like it loud. You learn to
be patient without
sighing or sulking.”

22. The One Isn’t You
“Love’s doing things for the other
person. In marriage two become
one but the one isn’t you. It’s the
other person. You love this
person more than you love
yourself. ”

23. The One Isn’t You
Acceptance. We ask ourselves
frankly what that impulse is that
makes us want to redesign a
person. It isn’t love. We want the
other person to be normal like us.
But is that loving the other person
or ourselves?

24. The One Isn’t You
Love brings out the best
in people. They can be
themselves without
artificiality. People who
know they are loved glow
with beauty and charm.

25. Question to Ponder
If loving one another truly
deepens our love for God,
what could we do in church in
order to grow in our love for
each other?

26. Third Point
As our love becomes selfless
and sacrificial, we gain the
supernatural ability to
appreciate Jesus’ love.

27. Ephesians 3
17b And I pray that you, being rooted
and established in love, 18 may have
power, together with all the saints, to
grasp how wide and long and high
and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and
to know this love that surpasses
knowledge —

28. To grasp…
•how wide: a measurement of extent.
•how long: a measurement of distance.
•how high: a measurement of stature.
•how deep: a measure of penetration.

29. How wide?
•God's love is wide
enough to include
every person.
David Guzik

30. How long?
•God's love is long
enough to last
through all
eternity.David Guzik

31. How deep?
•God's love is
deep enough to
reach the worst
sinner.David Guzik

32. How high?
•God's love is high
enough to take us
to heaven.
David Guzik

33. 2 Questions to Ponder
1. Would you say that you are
deeply in love with Jesus?
2. If you do say so, would you
be telling the truth?