Today's reading is short, and I'd recommend taking a moment to digest between paragraphs. Paul prays for the church that each of the believers would grow in their knowledge of God. As part of that he prays that God's "spirit of revelation" would enlighten their hearts to know the hope of our calling and the greatness of God's power for us. That's a great prayer that I join in enthusiastically for each of us.
May God bless us with enlightened hearts today and every day,
Sam
Ephesians
1:15-23
15I have heard of
your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this
reason 16I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in
my prayers. 17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to
know him, 18so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may
know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his
glorious inheritance among the saints, 19and what is the
immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the
working of his great power.
20God put this power
to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right
hand in the heavenly places, 21far above all rule and authority and
power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age
but also in the age to come. 22And he has put all things under his
feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, 23which
is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
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