Prayed…
We worship and glorify You, Lord
There is no one like You
We honor You today, Lord, and lift Your name
We thank You that we are covered in Your blood
You began the good work in us and You are faithful to complete it
Help us to know the hope of Your calling
Thank You for Your precious Holy Spirit who abides in us and leads us every day
Scripture Focus…
(1-2) I, Paul, am under God’s plan as an apostle, a special agent of Christ Jesus, writing to you faithful believers in Ephesus. I greet you with the grace and peace poured into our lives by God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ. (3-6) How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. (7-10) Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth. (11-12) It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. (13-14) It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This signet from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life. (15-19) That’s why, when I heard of the solid trust you have in the Master Jesus and your outpouring of love to all the followers of Jesus, I couldn’t stop thanking God for you—every time I prayed, I’d think of you and give thanks. But I do more than thank. I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!
(Eph. 1:1-19 The Message)
Continued Praying…
Lord, we need a greater revelation
Every age expanding in the ways of God
Putting You first and being filled with You
Give us Your heart for souls – to see healing and restoration
Jesus, it is ALL about You!
Pour out the rain of Your Spirit upon all flesh!
Fill every city, town, and village with Your Spirit to never be the same again
You are the truth, the life, and the way!
Holy Ghost, You are fixing things now
Receiving orders for today
We press on and contend for the more
Step over for there is a place in the Spirit in which you will go and flow
Ascendancy!
There is a fight in the Spirit!
Devils and demons, be removed in the name of Jesus!
We plead the blood
Receiving God ordained steps for this hour!
Letting go and being loosed to move
Lifting up words to contend and move out and clear up the God-given plans and ways
Yielding and stretching – it is global!
Going beyond boarders and oceans
Limits move out and get away for the Church is on the move
Busting out of old strategies and ways
