We lift our hearts in unity with this powerful passage from Ephesians, joining our voices to the apostle Paul’s prayer for the fullness of God’s Spirit to dwell within us. What a profound truth—that we may be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith, and that we may be rooted and grounded in love. This is not merely a request for temporary comfort or fleeting blessings, but for a deep, transformative work of God within us, enabling us to grasp the vastness of Christ’s love and be filled with all the fullness of God.
Father, we come before You in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ, recognizing that it is only through Him that we have access to Your throne of grace. We confess that apart from Christ, we can do nothing, but in Him, we are more than conquerors. We ask that You would indeed grant us, according to the riches of Your glory, to be strengthened with power through Your Spirit in our inner being. Let Christ dwell in our hearts so richly that our lives reflect His love, His holiness, and His truth. Root us deeply in Your love, Lord, so that we may comprehend with all the saints the width, length, depth, and height of the love of Christ—which surpasses all knowledge. Fill us with all the fullness of God, that we may walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which we have been called.
We also recognize, Father, that this prayer is not for ourselves alone but for the body of Christ as a whole. We pray for our brothers and sisters in the faith, that they too may be strengthened in their inner man, that they may know the love of Christ in all its fullness, and that they may be filled with Your Spirit. Where there is weakness, bring Your strength. Where there is doubt, bring Your assurance. Where there is fear, bring Your peace. Where there is sin, bring Your conviction and Your cleansing through the blood of Jesus.
Lord, we are reminded in Your Word that You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. We stand in awe of Your limitless power and Your boundless grace. We surrender ourselves to You afresh, asking that You would work in us and through us for Your glory. May Your name be exalted in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. We pray this not in our own strength or wisdom, but in the mighty name of Jesus, the name above all names, the only name by which we can be saved.
We also take this moment to rebuke any spirit of complacency, unbelief, or resistance to the fullness of Your Spirit. We command every hindrance to Your work in our lives to be broken in the name of Jesus. We declare that we are vessels for Your glory, and we ask that You would fill us to overflowing with Your presence, Your power, and Your love. Let us not be satisfied with anything less than all that You have for us, for You have promised to complete the good work You have begun in us.
Father, we thank You for the privilege of coming before You in prayer. We thank You for the assurance that You hear us and that You are at work in us and through us. We commit ourselves to walking in step with Your Spirit, to living lives that honor You, and to sharing the love of Christ with those around us. May Your kingdom come, and Your will be done, in our lives as it is in heaven. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
"We bow our knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, asking He would grant us, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power and might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in our hearts' through faith; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, 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 we may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen," Eph 3:14-20.
