Meditation
A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH
Text: Ephesians 3: 14-21
27 August 2023
IN PRAISE OF THE LORD
It is both good and right that we praise the Lord Jesus for building our Church. The Bethany Family of Churches in Australia, India, Myanmar, Kenya and Singapore fully acknowledges that it is the Lord Jesus Himself who has built the Church as He had promised (Matthew 16:18).
PRAYING FOR THE CHURCH
As we celebrate Bethany’s Golden Jubilee, let us humbly seek the Lord in prayer.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [f]of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 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, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21
1. Let us pray
a) That we might be strengthened with might
i) Through His Spirit
ii) In the inner man
b) That Christ the Lord may dwell
i) In our hearts through faith
ii) That we may be rooted and grounded in love
c) That we may be able to comprehend the love of the Lord Jesus Christ
d) That we may be filled with the fullness of God
2. Let us believe and trust
a) That the power of God may work mightily in us
b) That He would empower us beyond our ability to fathom
c) That as our prayer is answered, it would bring glory to our great God