Today's readings are 1 Kings 18.1-19 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=1+Kings+18.1-19 ) and Ephesians 1.1-23 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Eph.+1.1-23 ).
As we read Paul's prayer for the Ephesians today let us reflect on the great promises the Lord has given to all whom he has gathered. We are truly chosen from before the foundation of the world, and God's choice of us is revealed as we find ourselves believing. We rejoice knowing that our belief at present though precious is only a foretaste of what our heavenly home will be like. We rejoice knowing that people through the ages have been praying this same prayer with Paul. And as we believe in a genuine resurrection of the dead and eternal life, we can see in a sense that here Paul is praying for us as well as for the people he happened to know in Ephesus.
As we read this great prayer of Paul for his fellow believers, let us see it as a prayer for us, as well as a way we can pray for others we know.
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