May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down,
abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love
and founded securely on love,
That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and
grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love]
what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];
[That you may really come] to know [practically, through
experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere
knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being]
unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine
Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]! (Ephesians 3:17-19 AMP)
Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for your amazing love and
for your Holy Spirit. We thank you for never leaving us, nor forsaking us, and
that your presence is with us always. We ask for forgiveness of the sins that we
have committed against you and each other, we pray that our hearts would turn from
any sin that is keeping us from being in obedience to you. We pray for a revival among your church, just
like Paul prayed; we pray for Christ to dwell in our hearts, so deeply that he
would be the center of our whole being – the beginning and the end. We pray
that our experience of you would be more than physical or intellectual, but
with our whole heart and soul. We pray that we would be so full of you, that
every fiber of our being is overflowing with you, so much that we pour out your love to
others and share your message with all that we meet. We pray that we would seek after
your desires and not our own, we pray that we would be the hands and feet of Jesus, and to bring the lost to salvation. We pray that every leader in our nation would
acknowledge you as their Lord and Savior, that they would live their lives for
you and not for themselves. We pray for the revival of our nation, that there would be a sense of
urgency to repent and turn to you; that hearts would be softened and minds
would be open to the message your laborers are bringing. We thank you Lord,
that you hear our prayers; your son Jesus told us when two agree
here on earth on anything we ask, that it will be done by you. We pray these
things for your honor and glory dear Lord, in Jesus’ name we pray ~ AMEN
