Confessions Straight from Ephesians 3:14-20
Thank you for strengthening me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being, and letting Christ dwell in my heart through faith. Thank you for rooting and establishing me in your love. Thank you for you will continue to give me the strength to understand with all the saints the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ’s love, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, so that I may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Thank you God for you are able to do far more abundantly than all that I ask or think, according to the power at work within me, to You be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Mediatative Prayers Paraphrased from Ephesians 3:14-20
I come to you today-my God, from whom every family in heaven and earth finds its name--and that includes me--your child, held in you care. My heart overflows with reverence and awe, because You’re not just the God of the universe who holds the world together— but you are my Father, the One who knows me completely and loves me. My Father, the One who sees me with all my mess and all my longing. You know me inside and out—the things I’m proud of and those that I am not—and yet You still call me Yours. That blows me away, and it’s why I’m here, needing You more than I can even put into words.
I’m asking You Lord out of your endless love and power, to give me strength through Your Spirit because I want you Christ to settle into every part of my being.
Some days, Lord, I feel so weak. My faith wavers, my patience runs thin, and I stumble over the same old struggles. But I don’t want to stay that way. Fill me with Your Spirit, with Your presence. I want you Christ to live in me—not just visit, but settle in, take root, and change me from the inside out. Let my trust in You grow so strong that it’s not just words I say, but who I am.
Father, wrap me up in Your love. I’ve spent too long chasing approval or comfort in places that leave me empty, drained, restless, and unfulfilled. But Your love? It’s different. It’s the kind that holds me together when I’m falling apart. Help me not just to hear about it, but to feel it—like a warmth that seeps into every crack of my soul. I want to understand how big it is—how it reaches past my failures, deeper than my hurts, and higher than anything I’ve dared to hope for. I know I’ll never fully get my head around it, but open my heart a little wider each day to take it in so that I am deeply rooted in Your love. Ground me in it so I can’t be shaken. Open my mind and heart to understand and feel—the width, length, height and depth of your love for me. Let me be embraced in Christ's love that’s bigger than words. Fill me, God—with all of Your fullness until there’s no part of me left untouched by You.
Flood me with Your presence until there’s no room left for the doubts that creep in or the fears that keep me up at night. Make me whole in a way only You can. Help me to trust You more each day, even when things feel uncertain or confusing. I want to really get Your love—to understand how wide it reaches to cover all my mess, how long it lasts through every stumble, how high it lifts me when I’m down, and how deep it digs to find me in my hardest moments. When life gets tough or I lose my way, open my eyes to see this love that’s bigger than I can wrap my head around.
Lord, I believe You can do more than I’d ever dream of asking. I think of those times You’ve surprised me—when You’ve pulled me through something I thought would break me, or when You’ve dropped a blessing in my lap I didn’t even know to pray for. I trust You’re still at work in me, even when I can’t see it. My plans feel small compared to what You might have in mind. Take them, shape them, do something beautiful with them—for You, not just for me.
So here I am your child, messy and hopeful. I love You—not perfectly, but honestly—and I’m so thankful You loved me first, before I even knew how to love You back. You can do so much more than I’d ever dare to ask or dream. I trust You, Lord, to take my small hopes and turn them into something incredible for Your glory. Thank you for your power at work within me.