I have the perfect prayer for you for when your faith seems stale or weak—it is powerful, short, and useful daily. The apostle Paul prayed this prayer for in Ephesians 1:15–23 and we can adapt it for our own prayers.

Paul first prays for the eyes of the Ephesian hearts to be enlightened to know 3 things more fully

1. The first is to know "what is the hope to which God had called them." We can pray to know MORE of our hope in Jesus.
2. Next, he asks for them to know "what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints" - We are God's inheritance, His great treasure. So we can pray to know MORE of Jesus' love for us.
3. Third, Paul prays for the Ephesians to know "what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe" - We can pray to know MORE of Jesus' power at work within us, the same power that raised Jesus from the dead

This is a prayer for those with a stale faith but it is a prayer for all of us because we can all go deeper in our understanding of the riches we have in Jesus Christ.

What would your life look like if God answered every part of this prayer?

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For more on praying the prayers of the Apostle Paul, see chapter Two "I Don't Know What To Say" in When Prayer Is a Struggle: A Practical Guide for Overcoming Obstacles in Prayer (P&R Publishing). The appendix of the book also lists many more powerful prayers for faith and strengthening.
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