The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Ephesians 3:13-19, “Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,

17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.”

Without question, Paul is a man of faith and prayer. He believes in the strength and power derived from the Holy Spirit, and in the love the LORD implants in those who are His. To Paul, faith in the believer’s heart is grounded in this love that extends beyond all knowledge and enables the believer to accomplish far more than could be accomplished otherwise.

Thus, all that the LORD accomplishes through us will be initially to His glory and ultimately beneficial to His cause. May He ever and always be glorified!

Heartily in Christ,

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need, until He becomes all that we have.” –Corrie ten Boom