Ever since I first heard of your strong
faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God's people everywhere, I have not
stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the
glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and
insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your
hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope
He has given to those He called—His holy people who are His rich and glorious
inheritance. I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God's
power for us who believe Him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ
from the dead and seated Him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the
heavenly realms. Ephesians 1:15-20
There are so many people for whom I thank
God for sending into my life—those with strong faith…and even those with
faltering, shaky faith—for I pray that God is giving each one of them spiritual
wisdom, strength and insight. It is exciting to see them grow and change. Those
who have backslidden, I see as those that Jesus spoke about in His sower’s
parable. They received the Word, but had rocky soil.
A farmer went out to plant his seed. As he
scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, where it was
stepped on, and the birds ate it. Other seed fell among rocks. It began to
grow, but the plant soon wilted and died for lack of moisture. ... The seeds on
the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy.
But since they don't have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall
away when they face temptation. Luke 8:5-6, 13.
May God give those people an extra bit of
His spiritual wisdom today and draw them back into His fold.
Where do you stand with the Lord? Is your
faith strong? As Paul was writing to the Ephesians there were probably some, like
me, who feel strong one day…and in need of a spiritual touch another day.
Prayer is an amazing thing. Reading God’s Word and praying it to Him gives us
insight into His incredible greatness—although we’ll never totally understand.
For this reason I bow my knees before the
Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He
would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with
power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your
hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be
able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and
height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:14-19
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I am overwhelmed with His power and love—abounding
still more each day.
Prayer
~ Lord God, Thank You for Your love for us and for giving us spiritual wisdom
that we can have even a glimpse of insight into Your incredible greatness.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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