A Prayer for the Church

Published: June 26, 2016, 4 p.m.

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Ephesians\\xa03:14-21

14\\xa0For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15\\xa0from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16\\xa0I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17\\xa0so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18\\xa0may have power, together with all the Lord\\u2019s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19\\xa0and to know this love that surpasses knowledge\\u2014that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.\\xa0

20\\xa0Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21\\xa0to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.\\xa0

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\\xa0The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Eph 3:14\\u201321.

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