Callistus Ike
New Testament Prayer Guide!
# Pray for the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ
Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
# Ask that our eyes of understanding might be enlightened to know the hope of His calling and to know the riches of His glory in the saints.
Ephesians 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
# Pray for us to know and experience His exceeding great power in us.
Ephesians 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Ephesians 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
# Pray that we know and live in the reality of our Dominion in Christ Jesus who is the head over ALL THINGS to us! That we ALL live in the light of the Dominion He has given to us.
Ephesians 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
# That we bow in THANKSGIVING unto the father of our Lord Jesus Christ in honour of His great power
Ephesians 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
# Pray that we be strengthened with might by His Spirit in our inner man through the riches of His grace.
Ephesians 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
# Pray that knowledge of Christ and His deep love might be rooted in our hearts by faith
Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
# Pray that through this revelation of His deep love, we might be able to COMPREHEND with all the saints the vast expance of His love rooted and shed abroad in our hearts.
Ephesians 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
# Pray that we experience in knowledge this very love of Christ and be FILLED with ALL the fullness of God!
Ephesians 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
# Let’s acknowledge and declare His ABILITY to do beyond and above all that we ask or think according to His already at work in us!
Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
# Pray that we ALL be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
# Pray that we might walk worthy of the Lord in pleasing Him always being fruitful and INCREASING in the KNOWLEDGE of Christ!
Colossians 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
# Pray that we be STRENGTHENED with might by God’s glorious power with the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Gal.5:22,23)
Colossians 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
# We give God Thanks who has QUALIFIED us to partake of the inheritance of the saints in LIGHT!
Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
# We THANK the Father who HAD removed us from the kingdom of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son Jesus Christ!
Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: