Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV)
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power,
together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high
and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses
knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
If we understand the depth and width of God’s love for us
we would wake up each day praising Him for being in our lives. And as we are
filled with God’s love it overflows where we can use it for others.
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington is
best known for his roles in Glory, The Preacher's Wife, Remember the Titans,
and Training Day. But the Hollywood A-lister has sounded more like a pastor
when has spoken at recent events. Washington has publicly stated that he reads
his Bible every day and that he strives to consistently "get up and speak
of what God has done for him."
At a November 2015 church banquet he urged his listeners
to live in a constant attitude of gratitude for God's goodness:
Give thanks for blessings every day. Every day. Embrace
gratitude. Encourage others. It is impossible to be grateful and hateful at the
same time. I pray that you put your slippers way under your bed at night, so
that when you wake in the morning you have to start on your knees to find them.
And while you're down there, say "thank you." A bad attitude is like
a flat tire. Until you change it, you're not going anywhere.
[Jeannie Law, "Denzel Washington: God Has 'Faith in
Me,'" Christian Post (11-12-15)]
Let’s take away our bad attitudes and instead have and
attitude of gratitude. Let us love like the love of Christ. Let us be filled
with His presence so that we may be rooted and established in love for all
people.
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