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Prayers of Paul – Receiving the Great Exchange – Part 11

“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;… Read More

Prayers of Paul – Love with Discernment – Pt. 10

We are moving on to the third of Paul’s epistle prayers. This prayer deals with our love flowing out but balanced with a high level of discernment. There is a great need for both love and discernment in the… Read More

Prayers of Paul – Knowing the Love of Christ Personally – Pt.9

“may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Eph 3:18-19)… Read More

Prayers of Paul – Being Rooted and Grounded in Love – Pt.8

“that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love.” (Eph 3:17) We are continuing our study of Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3. One important thing to understand is that in this prayer… Read More

Prayers of Paul – Christ Indwelling – Pt.7

“that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith…” (Eph 3:17a) We are continuing the wonderful prayer of Paul found in Eph 3:14-19. In the last article we learned that we receive inner strength by the Holy Spirit…. Read More

Prayers of Paul – Receiving Inner Strength – Pt. 6

Now, with great excitement, we are moving on to Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3. Like the prayer in Ephesians 1, it is a prayer that runs very deep. In fact, that is the focus on today’s little article:… Read More

Please, Show Me Your Glory

In Ephesians 3 we find a beautiful and deep prayer by Paul. We will dive into its depths at another time, but I wanted to focus on one aspect of it. “that He would grant you, according to… Read More

Prayers of Paul – Power Toward Us – Part 5

The third thing that Paul prayed in Eph 1 was that the believer would know the “…exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe.” (Eph 1:19a) It is impossible for our minds to comprehend God’s exceeding greatness… Read More

Prayers of Paul – Knowing our Value – Part 4

We are continuing with the prayers of Paul. I don’t think we can ever come to an end of them. Layer after layer keeps unfolding new truth and depth. Today we will focus on the value that God… Read More

Prayers of Paul – An Illuminated Understanding – Part 3

Continuing our study on the prayers of Paul we find ourselves still in Ephesians 1. In the last article we learned about the true knowledge of God that Paul prayed we would have. Now we find Paul praying… Read More