How do you pray for your church?
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. Ephesians 1:22-23
As we continue praying Ephesians 1:15-23, we also think about how to pray for our churches.
Precious Lord,
We pray that every single saint (person set-apart in Christ)
will understand how powerful you are to those who believe in you (Ephesians 1:19):
[Name ways you see or need to see God’s power to the church in these days].
Mighty God, you “raised Christ from the dead
and seated him in the place of honor
at your right hand” (Ephesians 1:20).
He is there now, ruling and reigning with you.
May we bow down to our heavenly King
far more than we bow down to our personal agendas.
May we remember that Christ is
“far above all rule and authority and power and dominion”;
in other words, he has defeated all evil and sin,
and he will continue to defeat evil forces
that rage against your church
and to defeat sin in our lives
until the day he comes again.
May we remember and live in the reality
that the church is Christ’s body—
“it is made full and complete by Christ,
who fills all things everywhere with himself” (Ephesians 1:23),
and may we worship joyfully
in anticipation of the day
when there will be perfect unity and love
in your church forever and ever.
In Jesus’ reigning name. Amen.
Read Ephesians 1:15-23.
