Often times when praying for others, our first instinct is to pray for the circumstances in which they find themselves. We pray for physical healing, a change in the current season, a relief from the pain they may be experiencing. But Paul’s prayer for the saints in Ephesus (vs17-19) gives us a model that focuses on the growth of their faith and eternal joy.
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As we pray for God’s glory on the earth, we’ll begin to pray for that glory in conversion, evangelism, and global missions. Our prayers receive a new center of gravity. A desire for individual converts and visible churches translates into frequent and fervent prayers for missions. Our hearts begin to break for the lost.
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Christians above all people ought to be people who rejoice. But what do you do when sorrow knocks on your door; when joy and laughter are drowned in tears? Is it ok to be sad? As Christians, do we have permission to mourn? Not everyone is familiar with the word ‘lament’, but throughout history, and throughout the world, people know lament.
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Have you ever come across this verse and wondered, “How do I pray without ceasing?” Well, if you have, no worries because you are not the first.
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Jesus invites the disciples into the secret places with God. Rather than pray with sinful motives of others’ estimations of you, go to the One whose secret estimate means more. Go to God in the secret places, where no one can be and no one else will know.
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