Prayer from Ephesians

Our Most Gracious and Heavenly Father, We humbly come before you praising you for all things. As you tell us in Ephesians;

3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5he[c] predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

Lord, help us to praise you more and more as you have so greatly blessed us; you have blessed us with not just a few, but with every spiritual blessing in Christ. It is mind boggling to think that by your grace and mercy and love; we as Christians are adopted as sons and daughters of the most high God.

Father as your children please forgive our shortcomings; our failures and never let us forget as you also tell us in Ephesians;

7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

Father, help us to know and trust that through Christ we have been blessed with the riches of your grace; that as believers we are truly spiritual millionaires and we thank you for that!

So it is with thankful hearts, that we lift up your church and pray for unity, strength and love. We pray for guidance, wisdom and spirit-filled lives. We pray that you would lead us to serve, to give back and to reach out. We pray that there will be an outpouring of service and love so great that it has your fingerprints all over it and that any boasting that results will be a boasting in Christ alone.

We pray for this country that we will be a people that will turn to you for all things. We pray for our missionaries that you will protect, provide and help to spread the good news of Jesus Christ. This day we continue to pray for Haiti that relief will be swift and effective and there will be a mighty movement that brings you the glory.

Abba Father, we love you and pray these many things in the most holy name of Jesus Christ. Amen