Morning devotion at Tiara Beach Resort, Port Dickson, while attending the annual retreat of Temerloh Gospel Chapel.
Pauls' prayer for the Ephesian brethren tells of the greatness of God our Father and his great works.
Firstly, we can see in this passage that God is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus (v.3, 17). Our God in heaven is the Father of glory. (v.17) And it is only He who can grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation for our knowledge of him. (v.17b).
Secondly, note that Paul prayed for the Ephesian Christians to know the hope of God's calling and to know the "riches of the glory" of God's inheritance in us.
Thirdly, it is the exceeding greatness of God's power - His might - which God worked in Christ when God raised Christ and seated Christ at His right hand (v.19,20).
Indeed, our Lord Jesus Christ is now seated at the right hand of God, in a position "far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come" (v.21). All these are granted to Christ by the Only True God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus.
Brothers and Sisters in Christ who, like the Ephesian brethren, put your faith in the Lord Jesus and who show love for all the saints, let us pray for one another like the apostle Paul had prayed, that we may know God our Father: the God and Father of our Lord Jesus.
We know that God has put all things under the feet of Christ, and has given him to be head over all things to the church. (v.22)
Philippians 4:20
Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen
Philippians 4:20
Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen
