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Rooted in Love, Filled with God – Love Beyond Measure · Still, Here

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  SPEAKER_00: This is still here.
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  SPEAKER_00: A quiet moment to remember what is true.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen to these words from the book of Ephesians chapter 3 verses 17 through 21.
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  SPEAKER_00: That you,
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  SPEAKER_00: being rooted and grounded in love,
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  SPEAKER_00: may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length
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  SPEAKER_00: and height and depth And to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge,
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  SPEAKER_00: that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,
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  SPEAKER_00: according to the power that works in us, to him be the glory.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every life sends roots somewhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: We may root ourselves in approval,
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  SPEAKER_00: responsibility, achievement, Being Needed, Understanding or Avoiding Failure.
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  SPEAKER_00: These sources can feel stabilizing over time, yet they remain outside us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Approval can be withdrawn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Achievement must be repeated.
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  SPEAKER_00: Usefulness changes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Understanding reaches its limit.
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  SPEAKER_00: The small ruler says, My security depends on strength, approval, Usefulness or Understanding.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paul prays for something deeper, that we would be rooted and grounded in love.
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  SPEAKER_00: Love is not the reward waiting at the end of successful spiritual growth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Love is the soil from which growth begins.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is the cause.
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  SPEAKER_00: The life that flows from love is the fruit.
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  SPEAKER_00: External affirmation creates shallow roots when we depend on it to tell us that we are enough.
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  SPEAKER_00: We begin monitoring how people respond.
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  SPEAKER_00: We perform to please.
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  SPEAKER_00: We fear what will happen when we can no longer provide the usefulness,
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  SPEAKER_00: strength, or success that once brought approval.
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  SPEAKER_00: The soul becomes tired because it is asking changing things to carry the full weight
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  SPEAKER_00: of identity.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's love reaches deeper.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paul prays that we will know the width,
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  SPEAKER_00: length, height, and depth of Christ's love, a love that surpasses knowledge.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is more than intellectual comprehension.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lived knowing appears when you feel safe enough to rest,
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  SPEAKER_00: trust God with uncertainty,
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  SPEAKER_00: recognize His presence in an ordinary moment,
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  SPEAKER_00: And become more loving without forcing yourself to change.
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  SPEAKER_00: The small ruler cannot measure this love.
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  SPEAKER_00: The measures of the world compare God's grace with human affection, effort, or approval.
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  SPEAKER_00: They ask whether you have done enough to deserve closeness,
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  SPEAKER_00: whether you have remained useful enough to keep your place,
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  SPEAKER_00: and whether you understand enough to feel secure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those measures cannot reach the love of Christ.
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  SPEAKER_00: His love extends beneath failure,
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  SPEAKER_00: beyond understanding,
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  SPEAKER_00: through every changing season, and into places you have not yet learned to trust.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paul also prays that we may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fullness does not mean spiritual perfection or a permanently elevated emotional state.
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  SPEAKER_00: We live in an ongoing movement of being filled.
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  SPEAKER_00: As grace expands, we become increasingly available to the life and love of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our capacity to receive grows.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our capacity to express His presence grows with it.
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  SPEAKER_00: God does not erase your personality, humanity or limitations.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are His workmanship.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even what you consider a limitation may become a place where humility opens you to
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  SPEAKER_00: a power beyond your own.
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  SPEAKER_00: Think again of the tree rooted beside an underground river.
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  SPEAKER_00: The tree does not manufacture its life.
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  SPEAKER_00: It receives what flows beneath the surface.
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  SPEAKER_00: Weather changes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Seasons come.
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  SPEAKER_00: Leaves fall and return.
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  SPEAKER_00: The hidden source remains.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is able to do beyond what you ask or imagine because His work is not restricted
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  SPEAKER_00: to the boundary of your understanding.
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  SPEAKER_00: His power is already active within you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You do not have to hold yourself together.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are rooted in love.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are strengthened from within.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are continually being filled with the life of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is immeasurable love.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have sent roots into approval, usefulness, achievement, strength, and understanding.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those sources cannot hold the whole weight of my life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your love reaches deeper than my knowledge and remains beneath every changing season.
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  SPEAKER_00: Root me in what cannot be taken away.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let your hidden life nourish the places that have grown tired.
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  SPEAKER_00: And keep expanding my capacity to receive and express your fullness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: As you leave this quiet moment, carry this prayer with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I release what cannot hold me.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's love fills me within.
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  SPEAKER_00: I release what cannot hold me.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's love fills me within.
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  SPEAKER_00: I release what cannot hold me.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's love fills me within.
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  SPEAKER_00: I release what cannot hold me.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's love fills me within.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you would like to go deeper,
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  SPEAKER_00: the written reflections and other resources are available
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  SPEAKER_00: at powerloveandmiracles.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay steady, stay open, stay present.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are still here.