We Christians have Christ in our heart. But there is much, much more for us. Because we are entering a morally dark period of history, God has prepared for us a fullness of Divine life that will make us more than conquerors through Christ.

The saints at Ephesus had been saved and filled with God's Spirit, as we understand from the context of the epistle. And yet, the Apostle Paul prayed for them. If we were to pray for someone who already had been saved and filled with God's Spirit, would we pray for him or her as Paul prayed?

That he be strengthened with might by God's Spirit in the inner man.

That Christ may dwell in his heart by faith.

That he increase in the understanding of Christ's love and God's salvation.

That he or she be filled with all the fullness of God.

Have you ever prayed for a believer in this way?

The days in which we are living are increasingly filled with malice and every form of perversity and wickedness. Perhaps you have already encountered such evil and are becoming bitter and angry because of the injustice of it all.

God has something better for you than anger and bitterness. God has promised in His Word that if we will keep the commandments of Christ, God will love us and He will come in His Fullness and dwell with us.

Then when Satan and his helpers come knocking on our door we have Someone who will answer for us—Someone who has all power in Heaven and on the earth.

We do not need to become angry. God will respond to the enemy.

All things work together for good for those who love God. The spiritual darkness that is increasing will serve only to make the light of Christ, who is the glorious image of God, shine ever brighter.

Don't focus on what the Devil is doing. Focus on the Lord Jesus Christ. He sits as King of the flood of your life. You will yet sing and dance in the heights of Zion when the lawlessness surrounding you is creating desolation.

Aren't we supposed to be concerned about the world? Yes, we are. God is! But fretting about evil will lead us only into sin.

All God requires of any of us is to perform with all diligence that which God has given him or her to do, in the meantime seeking the Presence and will of the Lord each day. If we will do this we can rest in God, knowing we have done what we could to aid our generation.

Be encouraged in the Lord! Think only about what is pure, peaceable, and lovely. Refuse to pay attention to Satan as he bangs on his pots and pans seeking your attention. Ignore the evil unless the Lord directs you to do something about it.

We are not to fret ourselves concerning the evil. To do so only destroys our confidence and trust in Christ.

Rejoice in the Lord always. Be filled with all the fullness of God!