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In Part 3 of Family Matters, Pastor Hazen Stevens explores the incredible purpose of spiritual family: God’s family is meant to become God’s home. Ephesians describes a progression from strangers, to citizens, to family, to a house, and ultimately to a dwelling place where God lives by His Spirit.
But becoming a dwelling place requires more than knowing about God—we are invited to interact with God through His Spirit. This message explores how we can move deeper than the rational level through worship, prayer, Scripture, vulnerability, and intentional time in God’s presence—both personally and together. As we learn to enter in with one another, God forms us into a people who can be filled with all His fullness.
Key Scriptures:
Ephesians 2:19–22, Ephesians 3:14–20, John 4:23–24, Matthew 18:20, Acts 5:15–16
Main Points:
1. God’s family is meant to become a dwelling place for His presence
2. God desires more than intellectual knowledge—He invites us to know and encounter Him by the Spirit
3. Worship, prayer, praying in the Spirit, and meditation on Scripture help us move deeper than the rational level
4. Shame, inadequacy, busyness, and information without encounter can keep us from entering into God’s presence
5. We cultivate His presence by tending our personal fire, setting aside intentional time, and learning to enter in together
6. Vulnerability joins the stones—especially in the small places of family, friendship, and spiritual community
7. When a people become God’s dwelling place, His presence can saturate and overflow through them
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