A Prayer about What to Pray

[Hi Friends, this prayer is the first of two parts; stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow 😀]

Father of Glory,

Sometimes I don’t know how to pray for people I love, 

and then I remember that you’ve given us 

so many good prayers in your Word, 

like this one in Ephesians 1:15-23, 

Today, we join borrow these words 

to pray for our loved ones:

[try filling in the names of specific people in this prayer]

We thank you for [their] faith and love for people (Ephesians 1:15);

We ask you to give [them] 

“spiritual wisdom and insight 

so that [they]might grow in the knowledge of God” (Ephesians 1:1).

We pray that [their] “hearts would be flooded with light 

so [they] can understand the confident hope 

you’ve given to those you’ve called” (Ephesians 1:18).

In Jesus’ resurrecting name we ask.

Amen.

Read Ephesians 1:18-23.