Ephesians 3:14-21 (NLT)
When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.
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It is so hard to wrap my mind around the whole concept of God. Not that God exist, because for me, that is easy to accept. I think one of the greatest testimonies we have for the existence of God is his creation, the world, the universe, people. That, for me, is easy to grasp. What’s hard sometimes is the fact that the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth loves me so deeply. And I know He does because of what I feel and what I have experienced. I know that I should have been dead many times over, but I am not. I know that he loves me because of how He blesses me. Not just with material things but with spiritual things. He comforts me and holds me and fills me with joy. My God loves me so much and I wonder why? I did nothing to deserve His love – Wow! Now that is amazing grace! And yes, I want everyone to have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. I want everyone to experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. I want everyone to be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. And those who have accepted that Christ is God and have decided to give their life to Him, know exactly what love the apostle Paul is talking about. I would never want anyone to experience what I had to go through with my drug addiction, but I do want everyone to experience the deliverance, the freedom, the love of God that I experienced because of this addiction. I feel God’s love for me and I am so in love with Him – it just boggles my mind that the God that created everything loves me so much. What I have noticed is that everyone that experiences God’s love, feel like the apostle John when he writes “The one who He loved.” John felt, as I feel, that Jesus loves me the most. Jesus loves me more than anyone else. I know that is not true, but this is what I feel. This is what’s hard to grasp – how I know He loves all of us, but I feel most loved!
- Jim Duran, August 25th, 2009 at 3:56 am
Hmmm, my favorite prayers in the bible. I cannot think of one right now-but I do know that Jesus says, somewhere in Acts I think, “Satan get behind me”. This is the statement that I make as soon as I realize that satan is attacking-and I thwart him with the power of Christ.
Yesterday I was letting satan in, and I said these words and prayed & met with friends who gave me Godly words of wisdom, and in all of the day’s unimportant worries & stresses I forgot to do my devotional-so I am coming back to it today. How easily we forget.
Lord, help me to put you as my #1 priority.
- girl4god, August 26th, 2009 at 11:40 am
I know that I fail more than I succeed. I know that I get angry when I should be patient. I know that I try to control everything in my life; even when God makes it evident that I cannot.
girl4god prayed, “Lord, help me to put you as my #1 priority.” This really impacted me. I have prayed that same prayer many a time not realizing – until now- that I have always been a #1 priority to God.
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.”
Seriously, all glory to God, who would take the worthless lump of clay that I am and make me into His unique masterpiece… such as I could never earn nor deserve.
Praise God for his uniquely infinite patience, discipline, and love for us all.
Love in Christ.
- leviticusx, September 30th, 2009 at 3:33 pm