Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Ephesians 1:3-12 as Prayer

Pray this today:
Blessed be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. You have blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as you chose us in Jesus before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before you. In love you predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of your will, to the praise of your glorious grace, with which you have blessed us in the Beloved. In Jesus we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of your grace, which you lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of your will, according to your purpose, which you set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to your purpose who works all things according to the counsel of your will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of your glory.

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