God Gives Spiritual Strength Through Prayer

“God Is Able” Prayer for Spiritual Strength

God Gives Spiritual Strength Through Prayer

Ephesians :3 : 1 “On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles”

Ephesians :3 :2 “—if indeed you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace given to me for you.”

Ephesians :3 : 3 “According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,”

Ephesians : 3 :4 “so that you may be able when you read to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ”

Ephesians :3 :5 “(which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):”

Ephesians :3 : 6 “that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,”

Ephesians : 3 :7 “of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace given to me, according to the working of his power.”

Ephesians : 3: 8 “To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles,”

Ephesians :3 :9 “and to enlighten everyone as to what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages by God, who created all things,”

Ephesians :3 :10 “in order that the many-sided wisdom of God might be made known now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places through the church,”

Ephesians :3 :11 “according to the purpose of the ages which he carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,”

Ephesians :3 :12 “in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in him.”

Ephesians : 3 :13 “Therefore I ask you not to be discouraged at my afflictions on behalf of you, which are your glory.”

Ephesians:3 :14 “On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,”

Ephesians: 3 : 15 “from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,”

Ephesians:3: 16 “that he may grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,”

AND HE PRAYERED FOR FIVE THINGS IN THIS PRAYER

THE FIRST THING HE PRAYERED FOR IS THAT GOD WOULD STRENGTHEN THEM IN T HE INNER MAN

AND THEN HE GOES ON IN VERSE 17 HE SAYS THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS THROUGH FAITH

AND

Ephesians: 3: 17 “that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),”

he is praying verse 17

Ephesians :3 :18 “in order that you may be strong enough to grasp together with all the saints what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth,”

Paul Writes to them ,He closes out this third Chapter with this benediction or this doxology in verses 20 and 21 it is really a acclamation or a affirmation of pray .it says in verse 14 and he is praying that God would grant you the riches and his glory to be strengthen with his Might throught his inner man.

and he prayed for Five things in this section the first thing he prayed for was that God would strengthen them in the inner man

verse 17.

Now we need to know how much God loves us.

Ephesians :3: 19 “and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.”

God gives Spirit Strength Through Prayer

Ephesians :3 :20 “Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,”

That is a powerful verse.

It is making a theology declaration of truth It is talking about and encouraging us to have faith and believe God . and that is what i

It is making a theology declaration of truth It is talking about and ENCOURAGING us to have faith and believe God . and that is what i want to talk about today .

I come today to challenge us try to encourage us to believing that God,is who we say he is time is out for us to say WE BELIEVE WHO GOD IS ,BUT REALLY IN OUR HEARTS WE DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD ,I AM PRAYING THAT GOD WILL HELP US BE BELIEVE AS A MATTER OF FACT WE SAY WE BELIEVE WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN HEAL OUR SICKNESS AND DISEASE

DO WE BELIEVE: GOD CAN DELIVER US FROM OUR ENEMIES.

DO WE BELIEVE :THAT HE CAN MEET OUR FINANCIAL NEEDS ,HEAL OUR TROUBLED MARRIAGE ,DELIVER OUR WAYWARD CHILDREN

DO THE SINGLES: REALLY BELIEVE HE WILL BRING A LIFE PARTNER FOR THEM.

DO WE BELIEVE :THAT THEY CAN PROSPER IN THE MIDST OF A RECESSION.

DO WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN TAKE THE BROKEN PIECES OF OUR LIVES AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER .

I DON’T HAVE TO GO FAR BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW THAT CAN TESTIFY AND DECLARE WITH ASSURANCE THAT THEY KNOW THAT GOD CAN DOALL OF THESE THINGS

THAT,S MY ASSIGNMENT TODAY.

I WANT TO LAY OUT THREE POINTS TODAY.

1. PRINCIPLE: a separation: carnal from Spiritual just as easy as he separation blood and water .

John : 19 :34 “But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately.” GOD IS ABLE TO DO

WHATEVER TE THE DRAMA IS GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE

GOD HAS THE ABILITY T MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THE THING THAT SEAMS TO BE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ABLE TO FIXED THAT IS BROKEN.

HERE IS WHAT PAUL SAYS IN VERSE 20 .HE IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY AND ABUNDANTLY ABOVE .DESCRIPTION.

LOOK AT EXCEEDINGLY IT IS A GREEK WORD MEANING

OVER ,ABOVE AND BEYOND

ABUNDANTLY IS A GREEK ALSO

MEANING :

TO GO BEYOND

PLACE,TIME CAUSE(TIME A PLACE ARE CAUSE.

EXCESSIVE:

HE CAN DO ALL THAT YOU CAN ASK AND HE CAN DO IT.

2. PROGRAM: Give detail of a specific presentation :VERSE 20

ACCORDING TO THE POWER (GREEK) WORKING IN US.

SO THE QUESTION MUST BE RAISED ARE YOU ALLOWING THE POWER OF GOD TO FLOW IN YOUR LIFE.

ARE YOU ALLOWING THE POWER OF GOD TO WORK IN YOU.

ARE YOU ALLOWING THE POWER OF GOD TO FLOW AND FUNCTION IN YOUR LIFE.

THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE ALLOWED POWER OF FRUSTRATION

WE HAVE :ALLOW THE POWER OF UNBELIEVE

WE HAVE:ALLOWED THE POWER OF ANXIETY

WE HAVE:THE POWER OF UNBELIEVE

BUT NOT THE ,POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST.

THIS POWER WANTS AID US TO HELP US ,TO MOLDED US ,TO SHAPE US ,TO GIVE US HOPE,AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WANT HELP US AND RULE AND REIN IN EVERY PART OF OUR LIFE.

BUT WE RESIST, WE PUSH IT BACK ,WE SAY NO ,SO GOD CANNOT WORK IN US BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT YIELDED TO HIM.

JESUS WENT INTO ONE CITY AND COULD NOT DO MIRACLES BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAD THE SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF.THEREFORE YOU AND I NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHO WE LISTEN TO WHO WE TALK TO WHO IT IS WE HANG OUT WITH ,BECAUSE EITHER YOU ARE GOING TO INFLUENCE THEM ARE THEY ARE GOING TO INFLUENCE US.

3.PROMISE: GOD POWER IS DETERMINE TO FLOW IN OUR LIVES BY OUR WILLINGNESS TO YIELD/OUR WILLINGNESS TO SUBMIT TO THE PRESENTS OF GOD.

NOW LET ME CLOSE THIS MESSAGE OUT.

.PROMISE: God is a expert in helping us. GOD WILL DO IT TO GET THE GLORY

SUMMARY:

Joshua :10 : 12 “Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh, on the day Yahweh gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun in Gibeon, stand still, and moon, in the valley of Aijalon.””

Joshua : 10 :13 “And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on its enemies. Is it not written in the scroll of Jashar? The sun stood still in the middle of the heaven and was not in haste to set for about a full day.”

Joshua :10 :14 “There has not been a day like this before it or after, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.”

IN THIS SECTION OF EPHESIANS

Ephesians :3 : 21 “to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.”

John:14 :23 “Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and will take up residence with him.”