22 October 2026: Ephesians 3:14-21
Key Verse: Ephesians 3:16
I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit,
Devotion:
One of the hardest things to do is to try and give yourself strength to get through some hard-going task or occurrence in your life. Sort of like trying to pull yourself out of a hole by your own strength instead of getting help from someone who is not in the hole too!
When the world is getting you down, or you are feeling spiritually low for any reason, just talking to yourself does not always work! But if you share your problem with someone else and they can offer any comfort, things do seem to be lighter and you gain inner strength from that.
But what happens when the people around you are the cause of the issue? That is when we need to reach out to someone who has always offered help - whether we have heard the offer or not. And that is Christ through the Holy Spirit.
God gave people strength through the prophets and through people who could lead them; but when those people who should have helped actually caused the issues, they had to look elsewhere for that help. God has always been there - people have not always listened!
Points to ponder:
Do you turn to Christ when you are in a spot of bother?
Are you willing to listen to him...