DECEMBER "prayer-starters" DAY 2

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JANUARY 2009 Day 15

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Ephesians 1:
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

DAY 15—Opening Our Hearts to the Spirit of Wisdom

We come again to the prayer we found in Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians. We remember that this was a letter he wrote while in prison. He was there because of what he preached about Christ Jesus. Paul cared for the people to whom he had ministered. But now, all he could do was pray for them, and write to them. In what he wrote he told what he prayed. This, of course, benefits us. It inspires us toward praying for wisdom. We observe that it was the first thing for which Paul prayed. So, we have also placed it first in our discipline.

Ephesians 1:15a,16,17—Wherefore I also...cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of (or, "for the acknowledgment of") Him.

GRACIOUS LORD, help me understand that the greatest move of wisdom I can now make is to acknowledge Your Son, Jesus Christ, as my Lord. Several people close to me need to make this same move. Draw them as I hold them before Your Throne of Grace. Release in them an understanding of Your mercy, and power, and wisdom.

How the Gospel Contains the Wisdom of God—I Corinthians 1:17-24

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