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“For This
Reason,
I Kneel Before
The Father”
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Tom Steed
Praying Like
Paul: Ephesians 1
&3
II. Types of prayers:
•
•
•
Praise
Request
Intercession for others.
III. From Paul’s example,
we can some secrets/
techniques for
successful prayer.
IV. We need to learn to
engage in intercessory
prayer as modeled by
Paul.
V. We need to learn to
pray for others in the
same manner as Paul.
VI. Specific Goal: We
need to be moved to learn
the needs of others &
pray for them.
VII. We learn from observing
the prayers of others.
• The fear of not
being molested in
any way.
Paul’s
Journeys
VIII. Map of Ephesus
Rome
Phillipi
Thess
Athens
Ephesus
Israel
Corinth
Caesarea Israel
Jerusalem
Egypt
2nd Missionary Journey
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IX. Acts 20:17 From
Miletus, Paul sent to
Ephesus for the elders
of the church.
“When he had said this,
he knelt down with all of
them and prayed. 37
They all wept as they
embraced him and kissed
him.”
Acts 20:36
X.
“38 What grieved them
most was his statement
that they would never see
his face again. Then they
accompanied him to the
ship.”
“For this reason, ever since I
heard about your faith in the
Lord Jesus and your love for
all the saints,”
Ephesians 1:15
“16 I have not stopped
giving thanks for you,
remembering you in
my prayers.”
“17 I keep asking that the
God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the glorious Father,
may give you the Spirit of
wisdom and revelation, so
that you may know him
better.”
“18 I pray also that the
eyes of your heart may
be enlightened”
“in order that you may know”
• the hope to which he has
called you,
• the riches of his glorious
inheritance in the saints,
• 19 and his incomparably
great power for us who
believe.
Ephesians 3:14
“For this reason
I kneel before the
Father,”
“15 from whom his whole
family in heaven and on earth
derives its name.”
“16 I pray that out of his
glorious riches”
XVIII. “he may
strengthen
you with
power
through his
Spirit in your
inner being,”
“17 so that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith.”
“And I pray that you, being
rooted and established in love,”
“18 may have
power,
together
with all the
saints,”
“to grasp how
wide and long
and high and
deep is the love
of Christ,”
“19 and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge —”
“that you may be filled to the
measure of all the fullness of God.”
“20 Now to him who is
able to do immeasurably
more than all we ask or
imagine,”
“according to his power that
is at work within us”
“21 to him be glory in
the church and in
Christ Jesus
throughout
all generations,
for ever
and ever!
Amen.”
What we want for our
brothers and sisters is the
same thing that we want for
our children
• We want the best for them.
Three Steps
In Praying for
Others:
1. Want the Best for Others:
• Don’t just think of yourself!
• Desire that which is
spiritually best for them.
• Don’t just want the
physical/material.
2. Identify Others’ Needs:
• Be sensitive/Observant.
• Ask Them About
Their Needs
3. Ask God to Bless Them.
• Believe in the
Power of God.
For the Recipients of the
Blessing:
• Appreciate the intent and
concern of others.
• Share your needs &
• Ask for the prayers of
others.
• Trust in the power of
God to work in your life.
Are Others Praying for
Your Relationship
With God to Grow?
• What will you do about it?
Do you need to be baptized?
• “And now what are you
waiting for? Get up, be
baptized and wash your
sins away, calling on his
name.”
Acts 22:16
Do you need to rededicate
your life?
• “For it is time for judgment to
begin with the family of God;
and if it begins with us, what
will the outcome be for those
who do not obey the gospel
of God?”
1Peter 4:17