Being rooted in Christ and built up in Him

Being rooted in Christ and built up in Him

Col 2:7

⁶ So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

⁷ rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Eph 3:17

¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 

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.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    We have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live our lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as we were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

2)    We are to pray so that we may be rooted in and established in love

3)    We are pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen us with power through His Spirit in our inner being