My house shall be called the house of prayer. —Matthew 21:13

We have discovered that we are the House of God, God’s dwelling place. Notice that Jesus gave the house a name or a title. He called it “the house of prayer.” Many churches are built on gimmicks, on buildings, on social events, on children’s ministries. But a true house of God is a house of prayer! A praying church is only made up of praying members. True members of a church not only attend, tithe, and support—but they pray. Prayer, or communication with God, is what you were created for! If you are not a pray-er, one who consistently, daily, spends quality time with God, you are failing to fulfill your purpose in God. Set aside a time starting today—even if it’s only fifteen minutes—and spend time talking and listening to God. In a matter of weeks, it will change your life!

Pastor Yom Kehres

Read Ephesians 3:14–21.

. . . [He] is able to do . . . above all that we ask or think. —Ephesians 3:20

Notice—God’s power in us, and even God’s ability, is limited to our thoughts and our asking. To think of yourself as weak, helpless, or powerless will cut you off from almighty God’s power in you. Many ask, “Why doesn’t God do this? Why doesn’t God do that?” If you can think it and ask it, the power in you is more than enough to bring it to pass! Little thinking and little asking has left the Church with little power and little God-activity. Let the Word of God expand your thought life; allow it to develop a prayer life in you to think and ask big things. God is not holding back on you; you are thinking your way out of all He wants you to have! Turn off the radio, shut down the TV, and let the Word become a reality to you by meditating on it and speaking it in prayer. All things are possible for you! He desires that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers (3 John 2). You will never outthink the ability and power that is in you. It is exceedingly great power, and it is given to you!

Pastor Tom Kehres

Read Ephesians 3:14–21.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. . . . —Ephesians 3:20

There is no question that almighty God can do all things, that He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all! He is almighty, He is all-powerful—after all, He is God! But notice the whole verse: His ability to do is “according to the power that worketh in us”! It’s not by the power that works in Him; it’s by the power that works in us! The Church believed for years that to deny having any power was humility: “God has all the power.” That is not humility; that is ignorance of the exceeding greatness of His power to you! To believe that you have no power is to have no power working in you, which stops God’s ability to “do.” There is power in you, but the power needs to be at work in and through you. Stir up the gift you have in you! Believe it, confess it, tell others of the gift of God, and watch it go to work through you, glorifying Him.

Pastor Tom Kehres

Read Ephesians 1:15–23

. . . which is his Body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. —Ephesians 1:23

The body of Christ has the opportunity through the power given to it to become the fullness of Him. We have been predestined to be conformed to the image of His dear Son (Romans 8:29). The day is coming shortly when Christ again will live in His fullness here on the earth—through His body, the Church. The power in you is the Person of Christ. This means you have Christ-potential in you! You have access not only to His power, but also to His knowledge, wisdom, and understanding—because all of that is in you! He is in you! The possibilities of expressing His fullness belong to every Christian according to the measure of the gift of Christ (Ephesians 4:7). This gift to you of power, the gift of Christ, now desires to be revealed in you and through you. Revelation will allow the One living in you to manifest His life through you. The goal: “that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith” (Ephesians 3:17), that you may be the fullness of Him. This places you far above all sickness, demons, fears, and circumstances. This power will give you a victorious lifestyle, the lifestyle that belongs to you!

Pastor Tom Kehres