I Prayed For You

ByJim Stephens

Scripture: Ephesians 1

This morning as I was reading Ephesians 1, I stopped right here and prayed for you! I thought, “If Paul can pray for the people far away in Rome who would someday be reading his letter, I can pray for friends and readers around the world who will click on this email, or on a LinkedIn or Facebook link, or who will receive this devotional as a forward from a friend!” So I prayed for you!

I thank God for you! I thank God for readers, some of whom I know and can picture right now, and many who I will never meet who are reading these words somewhere far away from me!

I thank God for you and I pray for you:

  • That God will give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you will grow and keep growing in your true knowledge of God, who loves us so!
  • That your heart will be flooded with light so you will be filled with confident hope—hope for today, hope for tomorrow, hope for eternity!
  • That you will get a fresh glimpse, a clearer picture, a greater understanding of the incredible greatness of God’s power directed toward you—for your good and not harm, for your blessing and not for your hurt.
  • That the same resurrection power that raised Christ from the dead will breathe (or blast!) new life, new hope, new joy, new energy, new possibilities, into your mind and heart and emotions and conversations and relationships and expectations!

In the Name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, I prayed for you today!  Amen!