Eph 1:15-21
Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Pray for one another
I was just sitting here having a quiet time all to myself this evening and I began praying for a certain individual. I then began praying for a few more people individually by name and then for a lot more people in general, including those I know personally and those I know from the online world. I wasn't praying for health or finances. I wasn't praying for God's leading, guidance or direction in any certain area of anyone's life. Not that I never pray that way. But tonight as I began to pray I was reminded of a passage in Ephesians in which Paul talked about how he prayed for the saints in Ephesus. This is the type of prayer we can always pray for one another.
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the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe,
ReplyDeleteWow! in that one statement itself there are many blessings of a saint emphasized. It is amazing. If we notice, there is no 'begging', 'commanding', 'declaring', 'bargaining', 'demanding' or anything of that nature in his prayer. It is more like a proclamation of the truth and sharing of his heart!
Yeah, isn't that awesome!?! When I first heard of using this passage as a prayer several years ago, along with another prayer in Colossians 1, I focused in on the words 'spiritual wisdom and understanding' and 'revelation.' I still pray those specific words for myself and for others, but the rest of the words are so rich and so full of truth that we all need to know and to grow in. I love how you highlighted those words and pointed out how this is a proclamation of what is already true, not something we need to beg for or 'declare' in order to make it true.
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