Monday, March 4, 2013

A Prayer for Enlightenment

The Apostle's Prayer - a prayer for enlightenment,
adapted from Ephesians 1:17-23 (RBV, NIV)

O God of our Master Yeshua Your Anointed One,
Grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation
    in the knowledge of You, God,
That the eyes of our understanding be enlightened,
That we may know
    what is the hope of Your calling,
    what are the riches of the glory of Your inheritance in the saints and
    what is the exceeding greatness of Your power
                     toward us who believe,
According to the working of your mighty power
    which You worked in Your Anointed One,
    when You raised him from the dead and
                    seated him at Your right hand
                               in the heavenly places,
Far above all principality
    and power
    and might
    and dominion
    and every name that is named,
           not only in this age
           but also in the age to come.
And You put all things under his feet,
And You gave him to be head over all things
        to the Assembly,
        which is his body,
        the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Amein. Amein.