Ephesians 3:14-21

A Prayer for the Ephesians

This week I would encourage you to read and even re-read the passage during your group. There are some beautiful avenues of prayer contained in these verses. Many of our groups struggle to make prayer a meaningful and progressing aspect of our time together. Let this passage catalyze prayer in your group this week.

Here are some ideas:

• Divide the verses (or even phrases) of this passage between the members of your group and ask everyone to pray those words back to God - expanding and personalizing the prayer.
• If the above would be too intimidating at first, spend some time discussing each verse/phrase before praying. Help one another to let this passage shape our prayers.
• The word, "power" is used three times in these verses. Ask the group how Paul uses this word, what he means, and how we are to tap into God's power.
• What does Paul say about "love" in these verses?
• According to Ephesians chapters 1-3, how specifically would the church bring glory to Christ (not individuals, but the collective of Christ-followers called the Church)?
• Spend some time asking God to do in Cornerstone Church that which would go far beyond anything we could ask for or even imagine.