For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Ephesians 3:14-21 ESV)
How many of you pray? D you pray every day? Do you pray for your needs and wants, or do you pray like the writer of Ephesians, that someone else will receive strength with power through the spirit?
Here we see a great model for pray that is focused on God mission to others. Here the writer is asking that the Ephesians be filled with the Spirit and strengthen, that Christ wold dwell in their hearts through faith, that they would be grounded in love and have strength to under stand the saints, so they would know the mission of God. That the fullness of God would be within them.
Wow! Can you imagine someone praying for you like that? Or better yet, can you Mage praying for someone else like that? You can, and should. We should be lifting our brothers and sisters up in pray asking for the Holy Spirit to fill their lives and that God would overflow them, so they are consumed with Christ and the love that He has for all of creation.
Gracious daddy God, I pray you be wi the readers of this blog, that you would strengthen then through the power of the Holy Spirit in them, that Jesus would dwell deep within them through His faithfulness and graciousness, that they would overflow with His love and mercy and understand the lengths and depths and heights that He went to because of His love for them. Lord I ask that you bless them and keep them as your own, and that you send them out and watch over them as they go, soothe world might also know your love.
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