Ephesians 3:14-19
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every
family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 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.
Some years ago, I reconnected with my college girlfriends.
Since then we've renewed our strong bond of love for one another. Thanks to
social media, we "talk" every week. Our Messenger thread is long and
filled with our hearts' needs and joys. One of the beautiful things about our 40+
year friendship is our collective desire to follow and worship Jesus. Which
makes it easy to share prayer requests. And we do. We pray for each other on a
constant basis. There are days, I know my prayer warriors are raising me up to
God, and I feel the love. I've sought prayer for other friends and my family,
and they prayed. We do this because we love each other and we love our great
Father, God.
In Ephesians 3, I love how Paul prays for his
friends. He kneels before his Father and pours out his heart. He asks for
strength and power through the Holy Spirit. And seeks to have Jesus fill their
hearts with faith. Paul understood the magnitude and necessity of prayer. He
knew that God wanted to hear from his people. That hasn't changed. God asks us
to talk to him. He wants to hear from us. Simply because he loves us.
Pray when you're happy. Pray when you're sad. Pray
with joy. Pray in fear. No matter what, pray. Talk to God. He's listening,
always.
