In 1Timothy we are encouraged to pray for all people and for our leaders in order that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. <\/em>(see 1 Timothy 2:1-6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ephesians teaches us that our battles are not against flesh and blood but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. <\/em>(see Ephesians 6:10-20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our battles are fought in a realm we don\u2019t really understand. The idea that there really is good and evil, that there really is an \u2018evil one\u2019 (John 17:15, 1Peter 5:8, the Lord\u2019s Prayer) that there really is a battle going on in the heavenly places is something we don\u2019t always grasp in our views of reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of all of that, over the next few weeks, I\u2019m going to be sharing some prayers from the New Testament and asking that we, like Paul did, pray for one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Ephesians 1 Paul shares his prayer. As you read through the prayer pay attention to his prayer requests and to how he incorporates encouragement to those he\u2019s praying for and praise and adoration for God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,<\/strong> that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n according to the working of His great might that 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 rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And He put all things under His feet and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (Ephesians 1:15-23 ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.<\/em> (James 5:16b ESV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes I hear people say, or I think myself, \u201call I can do is pray\u201d as if prayer isn\u2019t really doing much. But in reality prayer is one of the most important things we can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers...","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[50,100],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-encouragement","tag-encouragement","tag-prayer"],"yoast_head":"\nRemembering you in my prayers…<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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