Monday Morning Faith | Ephesians 3

August 5, 2025 by Erin Long

Ephesians 3 is one of those chapters that just blows me away every time I read it. Paul is talking about how deep and wide God’s love is… how it’s bigger than anything we could ever wrap our heads around. And it got me thinking: what would it look like if we actually let that kind of love into every part of our lives?

A lot of us (myself included at times) tend to keep faith in a little Sunday morning box. We go to church, we sing, we listen to the sermon, and then we go home and move on with our week. It’s almost like we’re saying, “Okay, God, you can have my Sunday mornings, but the rest of my life? I got it.”

But Paul’s words here feel like an invitation to something so much bigger. He’s saying God’s love isn’t just for when we’re dressed up and sitting in a church pew, it’s for Monday mornings when we’re tired and stressed, for when the dishwasher breaks on Wednesday, for Friday nights when we’re hanging out with friends. God wants to be part of all of it. (Can I give a song recommendation? We’re big on worship music in our house. Check out the song Monday Morning Faith by SEU Worship this week!)

When we actually let Him in, really invite Him into every corner of our lives, something happens. We start to see things differently. We start to handle stress differently. We start to care about people differently. Paul says when we let God fill us, He reveals things we could never figure out on our own.

And honestly, that’s what I want: not a faith that’s neat and scheduled, but one that’s alive and messy and real. I want a relationship with God that doesn’t stop when I leave the parking lot on Sunday, but keeps showing me new things about His love on Tuesday, and next month, and ten years from now.

Ephesians 3 says God’s love is bigger than we can understand… and yet, somehow, He wants us to experience it anyway. That’s an open door. The only question is: will we let Him in?

Questions to reflect on this week:

1. Where do you feel most tempted to keep your faith “in a box” instead of letting it shape your whole life?

2. Ephesians 3 talks about knowing the “width, length, height, and depth” of God’s love. What part of God’s love feels hardest for you to really believe or experience right now?

3. Think about a time when you invited God into an everyday situation (work, relationships, even something small). How did that change your perspective or the outcome?

4. What’s one simple way you can practice inviting God into the ordinary parts of your week—like your commute, chores, or family time?

5. Paul says God can do “immeasurably more than we ask or imagine.” Where in your life do you need to trust Him for more than what you can see right now?