Paul Intercedes for Believers

Paul sits in prison when he writes to the believers in Ephesus. He can’t visit or teach them in person. So he does what he can—he kneels before the Father (Ephesians 3:14). In a culture where standing was the normal posture for prayer, kneeling signals deep urgency and humility. Paul doesn’t pray for their comfort or safety. He prays for something deeper—that they would be strengthened in their inner life, that Christ would be at home in the deepest part of them, and that they would grasp just how wide and long and high and deep the love of Jesus truly is. This is a pastoral prayer for people he loves...