Praying for Spiritual Power

Jesus Is Lord
Victory in Jesus
One in Jesus Christ

Ephesians 3:14-21

The Message

^14-19 My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.

^20-21 God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.

Glory to God in the church!
Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!
Glory down all the generations!
Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!

For Reflection

If witness is the core of Christian action, prayer is the core of Christian preparation.  Re-read verses 14-19.  listen with great care to Paul's confession which under girds his prayer for intercession. 

Pray

that you will get down on your knees and confess your weaknesses before God.  Pray for strength of spirit. Ask God to lead you to a grounded faith formed by study, prayer and expression. Pray for the courage to experience the breadth, length, depth and heights of a life lived in the fullness of God's hands.  Sing Hallelujah!