Ephesians Week 9 - I Am Heard

3. I AM HEARD

4. EPHESIANS 3:14-21
14 For this reason I bow my knees before
the Father, 15 from whom every family in
heaven and on earth is named, 16 that
according to the riches of His glory He
may grant you to be strengthened with
power through His Spirit in your inner
being,

5. EPHESIANS 3:14-21
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts
through faith — that you, being rooted
and grounded in love, 18 may have
strength to comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth and length and height
and depth, 19 and to know the love of
Christ that surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled with all the fullness
of God.

6. EPHESIANS 3:14-21
20 Now to Him who is able to do far more
abundantly than all that we ask or
think, according to the power at work
within us, 21 to Him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout all
generations, forever and ever. Amen.

7. 1. PRAYER IS
PERSONAL.

8. EPHESIANS 3:14
14 For this reason I bow my knees before
the Father.

9. Sometimes in the Bible, people sit to
pray, sometimes they stand to pray,
sometimes they’re lying in bed and they
pray, and here we see that the Apostle
Paul is kneeling in prayer.

10. Remember in our personal prayer:
- God always answers.
- We change.
- God acts.

11. PRAYER,
NOT GRUMBLING

12. Grumbling is where we leak,
and we complain, and our attitude
is sour, and our disposition is
dour.

13. Who do you talk to first?
Who do you call first?
Is your first instinct, “Text them, call
them, e-mail them”?

14. Make sure it’s always Him.
First person we’ve got to talk to is
the Lord.

15. PRAYER,
NOT GOSSIPING

16. Gossip is when you talk about
someone rather than to them.

17. 2. PRAYER IS
RELATIONAL.

18. EPHESIANS 3:14-15
14 For this reason I bow my knees before
the Father, 15 from whom every family in
heaven and on earth is named.

19. 3. PRAYER IS ASKING.

20. EPHESIANS 3:16-17
16 that according to the riches of His
glory He may grant you to be
strengthened with power through His
Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ
may dwell in your hearts through faith.

21. Here is the big idea:
-God is independent. He doesn’t need
anyone or anything.
- We are dependent; we need God for
everything.

22. 4. PRAYER IS
YEARNING.

23. EPHESIANS 3:17-19
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts
through faith — that you, being rooted
and grounded in love, 18 may have
strength to comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth and length and height
and depth, 19 and to know the love of
Christ that surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled with all the fullness
of God.

24. 5. PRAYER IS
EXPECTING.

25. EPHESIANS 3:20
20 Now to Him who is able to do far more
abundantly than all that we ask or
think, according to the power at work
within us.

26. 6. PRAYER IS
REVEALING.

27. EPHESIANS 3:21
21 to Him be glory in the church and in
Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
forever and ever. Amen.

28. LET US PRAY FOR OUR:
•Family
•Nation
•Church
•Pastor
•Christians around the world