02.22.06 thequest email UPdate

thequest family,

This past weekend I (along with the other Mike...K...that is) had the chance to gather with some men from Hope Community Church in South Bend, IN. They were having a Men's Retreat and we got invited to go and to share a bit. It was a blast. We talked about a lot of things together and had a lot of fun. You can check out the pic below of us in the lodge( see if you can find us both.)


We talked about what the Bible asked of Men...and it was pretty interesting what the Bible asks of us. It directs us to LIFT UP HOLY HANDS IN PRAYER (1 Tim 2:8).

So we spent some time praying for our families (you can get the worksheet we used here)

We ended up talking about lots of things from the Bible...like loving our wives and leadership and more.

The Lord really impressed on me a prayer that Paul prayed for the saints in Ephesus. I prayed it for the men over the weekend several times. Today in my time in the Word, I prayed it for thequest family as well. So I have put Paul's prayer--that I echo today--here for your encouragement.


For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.Ephesians 3:14-21 NIV


Press on,
Mike

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