Ephesians 6:19–24

February 22, 2010 in Ephesians with 0 Comments

19 And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words so I can boldly explain God’s mys­te­ri­ous plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gen­tiles alike. 20 I am in chains now, still preach­ing this mes­sage as God’s ambas­sador. So pray that I will keep on speak­ing boldly for him, as I should.

21 To bring you up to date, Tychi­cus will give you a full report about what I am doing and how I am get­ting along. He is a beloved brother and faith­ful helper in the Lord’s work. 22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose—to let you know how we are doing and to encour­age you.

23 Peace be with you, dear broth­ers and sisters, and may God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you love with faith­ful­ness. 24 May God’s grace be eter­nally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.

Per­sonal Note

Paul wraps up his let­ter to the Eph­esians by shar­ing a few per­sonal thoughts. I love that he asks the Eph­esian church to pray for him. Don’t miss that. This incred­i­ble spir­i­tual hero was not above ask­ing oth­ers for prayer.

You see, some peo­ple never ask oth­ers for prayer. They fig­ure their needs are not impor­tant. Their request isn’t as press­ing as the per­son strug­gling with a sick­ness. They don’t want peo­ple to think they are weak. They are too pri­vate to share a need.

What­ever the rea­son, they remain silent. And I believe we miss out on what God can do when we choose not to share our needs with those who are part of our com­mu­nity. Those who are on the spir­i­tual jour­ney with us. We need one another.

I guess if Paul can ask for prayer, then any of us should be able to ask. So, let me encour­age you. If you have a need, ask oth­ers to pray for you. If you don’t have some­one spe­cific, then leave a com­ment on this blog. Share your requests so that oth­ers who read this can pray for you.

My prayer: Lord, help me to never be too pride­ful to ask oth­ers for prayer. Help me to not think of my needs as too insignif­i­cant. You want to bless. You want me to learn how to walk in rela­tion­ship with oth­ers. You want me to not only be some­one who prays for oth­ers, but some­one who can lean on oth­ers with my own needs. Thank you for that. Amen.

Until tomor­row.