Ephesians 3:16-19

What an encouraging book of the Bible. The reassurances and prayers are wonderful. For instance in Chapter 3 verse 12 it states, "In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence." Once we profess that Jesus is our Lord and Saviour; admit that we are sinners and that we need him, God not only gives us the free gift of salvation but tells us that through our faith in him that we can approach him with freedom and confidence. WOW!! In telling us this I think that he not only tells us that we can but he wants us to!

Right after this, the scriptures go into a prayer for the Ephesians (a prayer I once committed to memory but somehow did not stay there ! lol) I love this prayer!

 Ephesians 3 16-19

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

We could pray this for anyone: our family, our friends, our church. We need to 'take to heart' the Scriptures and do the things that God wants us to do. To go before him with freedom and   confidence. Give Him our praise and lay before him our hearts desires.  Seek his leading in all things and wait in anticipation for the answers to our prayers. They may not be the answers we expect but he will answer.