Interceding For You . . .

God has impressed upon my heart to read Ephesians and to mediate on the truths in this small book filled with riches. 

For sometime now, I’ve felt an urgency to pray, to intercede for a wide variety of needs, though, I do not always know what nor how to pray. I feel most grateful for the book of Ephesians and the guideline it presents as I intercede for those God places on my heart and for those I love. 

I pray these truths, I’ve listed here from Ephesians, for you too. And I ask you join me in agreement as we intercede for the needs of those God’s placed within our circles of influence, for those within our hearts. 

Love and Blessings  

Prayer - Ephesians 1 (This is what I gleaned - merely from the first chapter.)

I give thanks - continually - for you 
                                                                                                     (Family, Friends, Colleagues, Politicians, Etc . . . )
(I find it interesting that Paul starts his letter by giving thanks for these people before he prays for them. Just this small statement, alone, reflects the condition of my own heart and my need to, perhaps, forgive - as I confess, my lovelies do not always make gratitude easy when their behaviors, from my perspective, are rather cock-a-doodle-do; which is no doubt why the Bible includes this - for our edification)

I pray that God give you a spirit of wisdom 

I pray God give you a revelation of the knowledge of Him 

I pray the eyes of your heart may be enlightened . . . 
    So, that you will know the 
             Hope of His calling
                Riches of His Inheritance
                    Greatness of His power toward YOU

I pray you see, believe, receive and live fully embracing all the 
    Spiritual Blessings in the Heavenly Places in Christ confident that:

You were chosen before the foundation of the world 

You are holy and blameless - through the work of the cross of Christ

You are loved - Unconditionally; Agape (One of the Hebrew definitions for Love)

You are predestined to adoption

You are accepted in the Beloved (Jesus)

You are redeemed - through the work of the cross of Christ

You are forgiven of your sins

The riches of His grace abound to you

He's made known to you the mystery of His will

You’ve obtained an eternal inheritance 

You’ve heard the word of Truth (Truth is absolute; there is no confusion.)

You are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise 

You know the hope of His calling

You know the riches of His inheritance 

The exceeding greatness of His power is toward you

                      "Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. Copyright by The Lockman Foundation”