Day: February 21, 2018

Pastor’s Blog 2.21.18

Last week, we ended on the point of “you present yourself out of a mindset of who you believe you are.” Who you believe you are will change as you reflect more on the word of God and adapt to his ways.

Our Christian experience was designed by God to be spiritual, but the flesh wants to make it intellectual. When the church becomes more intellectual than spiritual, we have returned to the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Knowledge is intellectual but wisdom is spiritual…therefore, one of the key parts of scripture that has given me wisdom over the years, is what I call the Ephesians Prayers. Taken from the Apostle Paul’s letters to the Ephesians, these words have changed my life. I have been praying them daily for over 35 years, and because of this, I live in Revelation, and my entire being, spirit, soul, (mind, will and emotions) have been transformed from death to life and I have an identity rooted and grounded in Him. Praying these scriptures daily, have been key in my transformation.

Let’s take a look:

Eph 1:15-2:15
Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
NKJV

Eph 3:14-21
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width nd length and depth and height —
19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
NKJV

These are prayers that I pray, not only over myself, but others as well, and I know they are working His purposes in my life and in the lives of my family this very day.

Here it is in a “prayer form”

Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, _______ (name names) making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our/my Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to me/ _______ the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of our/my understanding being enlightened; that I/you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Eph 3:14-21
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
that He would grant me/us, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith; that I/we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width nd length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that I/we may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

I encourage you to commit these verses to memory and pray them daily. Also, check out the Passion Translation. It is a great translation in today’s vernacular. It WILL make a difference and produce results in yours and others’ lives!

Until next week,

Pastor Dave