House Rules - Prayer
Dave Riddle - 10/23/2022
Key Passage: Ephesians 3:14-21
Passionate Prayer
growing in our desire and commitment to seek God (individually and with others) and yield to His will for our lives.
Key Concept: Surrender!
Prayer is acknowledging that we don’t have complete control
Posture of Humility
Ephesians 3:14
Philippians 2:10
Pray = proseuchomai (Greek: προσεύχομαι) to pray to God, supplicate, worship.
Worship = proskyneo (Greek: προσκυνέω) - to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence
Phenomenal God
Ephesians 3:14b-16a
Ephesians 3:20
dynamis (Greek: δύναμις) strength, ability of power, especially inherent power, residing in something (or someone) by virtue of its (or their) nature.
Passionate Request
Ephesians 3:16
Praying for spiritual maturity
Ephesians 3:17
Praying for a strong foundation
Ephesians 3:18-19
Comprehend, know, filled with the fulness of God
Know = ginōskō: to know in a deeply experiential way.
Point of it All
Ephesians 3:21