Friday, November 14 – Ephesians 1:15-23
- Josh Breslaw
- Nov 14
- 1 min read
The letter to Ephesus is probably written during the time of Paul’s imprisonment in Caesarea, which would have been during Acts 23:23-26:32. After Paul says goodbye in Acts 20, he is indeed arrested in Jerusalem as the Ephesians thought he would be. At some point, a year or two after that goodbye, he writes Ephesians to continue to pastor one another.
These words in the second half of Ephesians 1 show the heart that Paul had for the Ephesians. He regularly prays and gives thanks for those in Ephesus. He is grateful for the good reports he has had about their faith, and he continues to encourage them to tap into the power of God, who can do even more than what has already been accomplished.
A community that cares about one another prays for one another. Paul regularly prayed for his churches (as we will see next week). We need to regularly pray for one another. Not just when we have a prayer request in front of us, but it should be a regular habit to go before the Lord for our fellow church members. Pray that God will build each of us up in the faith and that we will daily remember the power of God. If you want to have a strong connection with your fellow church members, pray for them, and God will make the connection.
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