Yesterday, Pastor Kenny really challenged our church to
pray, and in light of that, I wanted to share a prayer that has really
encouraged me in the past few weeks:
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 Sprit 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
I know that many of us have been struggling through
insecurities, sins that won’t seem to go away, or on the opposite end, being
consumed with things that we want. Although these are things that need to be
addressed, we can lay these things aside and look to our Beautiful Savior, who
has already defeated our sins. God himself is the one who has already granted
us every good thing (flashback to 2 Peter and Psalm 84!!!). Knowing that this
is our God, we have the confidence to come to him in prayer. Paul’s prayer for
the church was not for numbers or success or even to be good, disciplined
Christians. It is simply that we would know more of who Christ is and rely on
the Holy Spirit who is already in us and to understand more of God’s love with
the church.
I’m excited to pray with everyone tomorrow!
