Ephesians 1:17-23 “Pray 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. And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.”
Last night in our Bible Study, our small group read and discussed this incredible passage above. One method of prayer in to pray through a passage of Scripture line by line, humbly be open to the Holy Spirit teaching, and meditate on each godly element, think about the value, the implications and the applications for your life, then give praise and thanksgiving to God. Try it.
Our dear and heaven Father. You created the heavens and the earth; everything that exists, lives, breathes and has its being. You are the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, who you sent from heaven to earth to be the Savior of the world, to make an atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world unto Salvation, and to be the Lord of all. You are the Father of glory, for you are the bright and shining splendor; the magnificence in manifest power and infinite knowledge.
We desire and ask for your Divine spirit of wisdom, imparted far beyond the wisdom of the world. We also request the revelation in the knowledge of the Lord by directly revealing the truth from our Almighty God in order to discover what was before unknown and our eyes be opened to godly understanding, so that we can know Christ more and make Him known. The finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross is the very gate to heaven and is our eternal hope. Reveal to us and teach us that we may fully know the hope of Jesus, God incarnate, God with us, and fathom His calling to us to give us a hope and a future; that we comprehend the riches that He of the glory which He experienced of the heavenly inheritance through those of us who repent of sin, accept and receive Him as our Savior and Lord, are given the Holy Spirit as an indwelling counselor, teacher and helper in life, and are blessedly sanctified are Your perfect purposes in our time.
Though we are finite, may we perceive and grasp His exceeding greatness in the Holy Spirit’s eternal power towards born-again Believers, regenerated and transformed from the inside out through the same ultimate, mighty and supreme 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.
Father God, thank you that you have given all authority on earth to Jesus Christ, God the Son, our Creator, Savior and Lord. The body of gathering Believers making up the Christian church have Christ as their head. May us prayerfully listen, learn and obey, for Jesus told us: “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:31-32). Help your children grow to know you and to know you more daily. Amen.
In Christ, Brian
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