For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
paul's prayer for the church in ephesus, ephesians 3:17-19
Father of glory, today i am asking for the knowledge of the love of God to be poured out upon your people. God, i'm asking that your people would operate from a relationship that is rooted and grounded in the knowledge of your love for us. God i'm asking would you stir up hunger and desire in your people, that we may know your love that surpasses knowledge.
God would you encounter your people with the power, the pleasure, the affections, and delight of your love. would your people be ones who hunger after one thing, to have intimacy with you, God. i'm asking that you will begin stirring up a holy dissatisfaction with where we are at now, and that you will begin stirring up a desire and hunger to know your love in a real and tangible way. God, stir up holy dissatisfaction, that will not be satisfied with what we have right now. God i'm asking for hunger to arise, that we would be a people that will pursue intimacy with Jesus at whatever the cost.
God, let this be the generation of lovers, not workers. God i'm praying for the intervarsity leadership team would be one that works out of a love overflow relationship with you. God i'm asking that right now, during summer, that the intervarsity leadership team would be rooted and grounded in your love, that we may come into the year overflowing with your Spirit--your love, joy, peace.
oh God, would you restore the first commandment back into first place! may your people run after your heart, that our success would be determined by your love for us and our love for you. let us not lose our first love! may we not lose our first love, God! may we never grow bored of your love, God. Jesus, let fresh revelation of your love pierce hearts! may your beauty and attraction draw us closer into your heart.
help us to know your love, God. beyond words. beyond our rational thinking. let us be forever changed by your love.
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