Prayer and Love

Toward a New Creation
Life on God's Terms
Love Fulfills the Law

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

We are asked to pray.  Only through prayer can you grow closer to God.  The more you pray the more in tune you become to God's will for your life.

Pray

prayers of intersession.  Pray prayers of lamentation. Pray prayers of confession.  Pray prayers of regret.  Pray prayers for wisdom.  Pray prayers for strength.  Pray, just pray, constantly.