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Paul’s prayer for strength

Stephen M. Miller
Map of Ephesus.
TOURIST ATTRACTION. A thriving city in Paul's day, Ephesus began to fade after the river connecting it to the Aegean Sea silted up. Ships could no longer sail into the city. Today, its ruins are a popular tourist attraction.

I LOVED PARAPHRASING THE HAPPY BOOK of Ephesians.

I finished it last week and posted it on the Casual English Bible website. I even uploaded an accompanying leader’s guide and atlas, which can be downloaded as a PDF for a buck.

Paul cared a bunch for the Christians who lived in the city of Ephesus, on the west coast of Turkey. You can tell it perhaps most of all in a short prayer he prayed for them.

Paul’s prayer for strength

All of this that I’m going through makes me drop to my knees before the Father, who knows the name of every family in heaven and on earth.

I’m asking that God would draw from the storehouse of his treasure to find strength and power that he can pass along to you, from his Spirit to your spirit.

I’m praying, too that the Messiah will live on in you through your faith, which grows its roots deep into love.

I want you and all believers everywhere to receive the spiritual power that it takes to understand just how wide and long and sky-high and ocean-deep is the love of Christ.

You can’t know it intellectually by filling up on facts. You have to fill up on God. Fill up all the way to the top.

Paul’s energetic benediction

To God, who can do more than we could ever think to ask,

I say glory, praise, and hallelujah. Praise him in the church and in the name of Jesus Christ from generation to generation to forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:14-21 Casual English Bible

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About Stephen M. Miller

STEPHEN M. MILLER is an award winning bestselling Christian author of easy-reading books about the Bible and Christianity and author of the Casual English Bible® paraphrase. His books have sold over two million copies and include The Complete Guide to the Bible and Who’s and Where’s Where in the Bible.

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  1. Jim McBurney

    January 5, 2017 at 1:53 pm

    Just bought your book in Durban (strange and mysterious stuff from the bible) I am a 65 year old pastor (Irish) and found it well written….cant get your books over here usually….Stay blessed..

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    • Stephen M. Miller

      January 5, 2017 at 1:59 pm

      Gotta love the Irish. Peace to you Pastor Jim.

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