I preached this past weekend at Eastbrook about "Prayer as Living within the Power and Love of God" from Ephesians 3:14-20. Thinking about the love of God is something I never tire of. Although it didn't make it into the sermon, I was reminded of this quotation from from C. S. Lewis in The Four Loves: …
Prayer as Living within God’s Power and Love (Ephesians 3:14-21)
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new series entitled "Power in Prayer: Learning to Pray with St. Paul." This first weekend in the series, I took us inside of Ephesians 3:14-21, one of Paul's notable prayers from this circular letter sent to churches in Ephesus and the surrounding area. I structured the message …
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The Prayer of Abandonment by Charles de Foucauld
Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures - I wish no more than this, O Lord. Into your hands I commend …
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Rembrandt van Rijn, The Holy Family
Power in Prayer: Learning to Pray with St. Paul
This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church we begin a teaching series entitled "Power in Prayer: Learning to Pray with St. Paul." This series is the first of a three-part series related to our 40th anniversary as a church. Since the earliest days of Eastbrook, prayer has been profoundly important and vital to our life as …
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Matthew Erickson 