“Love your neighbor as yourself.” - Mark 12:31 (CSB)When Jesus commands love, He is not commanding a mood. He is commanding a way of life.This matters because feelings are unpredictable. They rise and fall with circumstances, personalities, and convenience. If love depended on how we feel, obedience would always be optional. We would love when it feels natural and withdraw when it feels costly.But...  Read More

“Love your neighbor as yourself.” - Mark 12:31a (CSB)Jesus does not speak softly here.When He says, “Love your neighbor,” He is not offering advice for people who already feel loving. He is issuing a command from the King of the kingdom. This is not optional spirituality. This is obedience.That alone should slow us down.We live in a culture that treats love like preference. You love when it feels ...  Read More

“Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think…” - Ephesians 3:20a (CSB)Paul does not end his prayer with introspection. He ends with worship.After praying that Christ would dwell, that believers would be rooted in love, that they would comprehend the immeasurable dimensions of Christ’s love, and that they would be filled with God’s fullness, Paul lifts his eyes beyond the...  Read More

“…so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” - Ephesians 3:19b (CSB)Paul’s prayer reaches its summit here. After speaking of Christ dwelling, believers being rooted in love, and the immeasurable dimensions of that love, Paul prays something almost shocking: that you would be filled with all the fullness of God.This is not small language.Paul is not asking that believers would be slig...  Read More

“…and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge…” - Ephesians 3:19a (CSB)Paul says something that sounds almost contradictory.He prays that believers would know the love of Christ, and then immediately adds that this love surpasses knowledge. How can something be known and yet beyond knowing?This is the mystery of God’s love.Christ’s love is not unknowable, but it is inexhaustible. You can tr...  Read More

“…so that you may be able to comprehend… what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love.” - Ephesians 3:18 (CSB)Paul is not praying that believers would merely feel loved. He is praying that they would comprehend love.That matters, because Scripture does not treat love as vague encouragement. The love Paul is describing is not fragile affection. It is not emotional warmth that rises ...  Read More