DCLM Daily Manna 2026: DCLM Daily Manna 5 February 2026: Praying Through To God’s Fullness
Text: Ephesians 3:13–19 (KJV)
Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
KEY VERSE: Ephesians 3:18–19
“May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.”
During the Great Depression, a man named Mr. Yates owned a vast piece of land in Texas where he raised sheep. Financial hardship brought him to the verge of bankruptcy. Eventually, an oil company, suspecting there might be oil beneath his land, requested permission to drill.
With little hope left, Mr. Yates consented. To everyone’s amazement, at a shallow depth, the drill struck what became the largest oil deposit discovered at that time in North America. Overnight, Mr. Yates became a billionaire. Remarkably, the vast wealth had always been there—he simply did not know it.
In today’s passage, Apostle Paul did more than preach the gospel to the Ephesian believers; he prayed earnestly that they would recognise and appropriate their spiritual privileges.
His prayer was that they would be strengthened inwardly, rooted in love, empowered in prayer, and ultimately filled with all the fullness of God. Though addressed directly to the Ephesian church, this prayer extends by implication to the Church of Christ in every generation.
Paul’s prayer points toward a transition from spiritual weakness to divine fullness. It begins with a desire for believers to grasp the immeasurable dimensions of Christ’s love—its breadth, length, depth, and height.
Being firmly rooted and grounded in this sanctifying love ushers the believer into God’s fullness and conformity to Christ’s likeness. This represents the highest expression of Christian vitality and echoes the climax of Christ’s High Priestly prayer in John chapter 17.
What a powerful model of prayer for believers today! When you daily prepare your heart as a dwelling place for Christ by faith, seek renewed strength through the Holy Spirit in your inner being, and desire perfect love refined by the sanctifying fire of the Spirit, you will experience consistent spiritual vitality and enjoy a compelling, abiding presence of God.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
When it comes to spiritual resources, many Christians short-change themselves.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Daily Manna 5 February 2026
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