Praying with Paul

Ephesians 2:17-22



Dear Father, friend of the far and the near,
I am so thankful that Christ came and preached peace to those who were far off and to those who were near, so that we both can have access to you in the one Spirit, that we can enjoy peace together. It is so wonderful that we who are not Jews no longer have to be strangers and foreigners.
How good of you, Father, that we now can be citizens with the saints, that we can be members of your household, Christ's...

 

Ephesians 1:3-4



Dear Father, King of an eternal kingdom,
Thank you for giving me the greatest motivation in life. You have called me into your kingdom, the greatest blessing that can come to any creature in heaven or on earth, in ages past, the present, or time to come.
Blessed are you, O God, Creator of everything that is.
You have blessed us with every blessing of a spiritual nature in the heavenly realms.
In fact, you chose us in Christ before you created the world...

 

Ephesians 2:14-16



Dear Father, reconciler of humanity,
Thank you for sending Jesus to break down the dividing wall of hostility between Jew and non-Jew. By the way he lived and the way he died - in his flesh - he rendered ineffective the law of commandments given as "decrees."
He lived a life unto you that went beyond obeying commands. He yielded himself in truly loving obedience from the heart.
Thank you that he did this to create in himself one new man, one new...

 

Ephesians 2:8-10



Dear Father, perfecter of humanity,
My God, even my believing was not something I was clever enough to do. It was your gift to me, not from my effort, lest I should boast of it.
In truth I am your workmanship, your creation, your starting and your finishing. You made me over in Christ Jesus so that I could perform the good works which you prepared beforehand for me to do, that I might walk in them.
Thank you, my awesome God and loving Father, for...

 

Ephesians 2:4-5



Dear Father, ruler of heaven and earth,
When you raised up Christ, you raised me out of my dead state as well. You set me on a throne of honor with Christ in the heavenly places.
What you did showed the immeasurable riches of your grace even to me - just as you showed your kindness to those called first - through Christ!
Thank you for being so very, very gracious to me! Salvation by grace just by trusting in you!
In the name of Jesus and by his authority...

 

Ephesians 2:1-3



Dear Father, King of the Ages,
Thank you for the new life you have infused into my being. I once was dead because of the misdeeds and sins in which I walked, following the course of this world, following the commander-in-chief of evil, the spirit that now energizes all who disobey.
Among these lost people - and as a lost person - I once lived in the passions of my flesh. I followed the desires of my body and the passing whims of my mind. I was by nature a...

 

Ephesians 1:22-23



Dear Father, God of our Lord Jesus
Help me to directly experience the power of what you did when you made Christ head over all things for the congregation of your people, the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
My Father, I am part of that body, your church. How I thank you for that!
I bless your holy name always!
Never let me take it for granted, never let me neglect it!
Thank you, Father, thank you, thank you!
In the...

 

Ephesians 1:20-22



Dear Father, God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory.
Help me grasp something of your glory as I compare my experience to the great power which you displayed when you raised Christ from the dead. You made him sit down at your right hand in the heavenly places, far above every rule and authority and power and dominion.
Help me understand even more as I contemplate the fact that you lifted Jesus' name above every other name that is named, not...

 

Ephesians 1:17-20



Dear Father, God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory.
Give me a spirit of wisdom and of revelation so that I may truly know the Savior.
Let the eyes of my heart light up with comprehension, that I may know how vast is the hope to which you have called me!
May I come to know how truly boundless are the riches of your glorious inheritance that you have in us, your special people.
May I understand to its depth how immeasurable is the greatness of...

 

Ephesians 1:9-14



Dear Father, King of an eternal kingdom,
You have made known to us the secret of your will, the purpose which you set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time. Thank you, O God, for what you have made known - that you intend to unite everything in Christ - things in heaven and things on earth.
Divine Lord, you accomplish all things according to your will. Thank you that we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for...