Love-The Foundation of Faith; Day616

May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,  Ephesians 3:17

Quadrant I-Urgent and Important
1Mile Swim

Reading List
Sharepoint 2010 Search Pro, p70

24Hour Report
0450, End of Sleep,
0530,
0535, Ephesians 3:17 [read more]

Barnes on Eph 3:17 –
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith – see the notes, Eph_2:22. Expressions like this often occur in the Scriptures, where God is said to dwell in us, and we are said to be the temples of the Holy Spirit; see the Joh_14:23, note; 1Co_6:19, note.

That ye being rooted – Firmly established – as a tree is whose roots strike deep, and extend afar. The meaning is, that his love should be as firm in our hearts, as a tree is in the soil, whose roots strike deep into the earth.

And grounded – θεθεμελιωμένοι  tethemeliōmenoi – “founded” – as a building is on a foundation. The word is taken from architecture, where a firm foundation is laid, and the meaning is, that he wished them to be as firm in the love of Christ, as a building is that rests on a solid basis.

In love – In love to the Redeemer – perhaps also in love to each other – and to all. Love was the great principle of the true religion, and the apostle wished that they might be fully settled in that.