Our Prayer Life for the Church Eph. 1:15-23 For the follower of Jesus, the first step in understanding who you are is understanding who Christ is. You won't have a powerful, dynamic walk with God if your head is full of misconceptions about who he is and what he does. Those who believe in a weak, ineffective God will lead weak, ineffective lives. In order to fully experience God, you must come to know him.This is why, in the second half of Ephesians 1, Paul prays for their (and our) spiritual enlightenment.He's teaching us
how to get connected to God,how to go beyond mundane religious existence into a vital spiritual experience of the presence of God. When you made the decision to follow Jesus Christ, you did more than just agree to live by a new code of conduct. You became permanently connected to the source above all sources, the authority above all authorities, the name above all names.
Jesus is not just our teacher, he is our Lord, and he is our Savior. He is not just powerful, he is All-Powerful. He is not just wise, he is All-Knowing. He is not just loving, he is Love. When we connect to him, we connect to the power above all powers.We're often held back by a limited view of who God is. It's impossible to rise above your situation if you're not fully convinced that God is bigger than your situation. It's impossible to experience power over the darkness in your life, the darkness of fear, doubt, and sin, if you're not fully convinced that God has the power and the desire to deliver you from darkness. The subject of prayer has been the most written about, preached about, talked about subject, but the least practiced activity in the lives of most Christian men. |
