We are told here that the reason that Paul bowed his knees to the Father, the reason that he was praying for these Ephesian believers was so that they would not lose heart at his tribulations; that is, the things that he, Paul, was going through on account of his preaching the gospel. Theses tribulations, he says, were for their glory. In other words, these tribulations that Paul was going through were actually intended by God to help establish their greater exercise of their faith in God. These trials and tribulations which Paul went through were intended by God to help them to persevere in their faith, so that they would become stronger Christians; better able to glorify God in the way that they would live their lives to Him, based upon what they saw Paul going through.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...