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Ephesians chapter 3 verses 14 through 21 is one of these places in the Bible

where we actually see a spirit inspired prayer.

Meaning in the Bible we see someone praying for someone else.

This is Paul here praying for the Ephesian Christians and so he

praised this and it is good for us to take prayers in the Bible like this and to

pray them almost exactly for other people around us.

So I want to read this prayer and along the way just lead us to pray, yes in a sense for our lives but also to pray for other people

around us for other followers of Christ specifically around us. So as we

pray this I'm encouraged you not just to think about your life but to think

about family members friends followers of Christ around you your church

pray these things and think about those specific people in your mind as we pray in the same way

Paul prayed this with Ephesian Christians in his mind.

So Ephesians chapter 3 verse 14, for this reason, I bow my knees before the father, from whom every family

in heaven and on earth is named.

So we bow before you, oh God, our Father, from whom every family in heaven on earth is named.

And we pray that according to the riches of your glory that you would grant others around us to be strengthened with power through

your spirit in their inner being. God, we pray for followers of Christ around us in our lives,

strengthen them with power, we pray. Through your spirit, in their inner being being may they know the power of your spirit at the

core of who they are so that Christ may dwell in their hearts through faith.

Oh God, we pray that Christ in all of his fullness

would dwell in our brothers and sisters

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