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This devotional on prayer accompanies Eastbrook Church’s 30 Days of Prayer in June 2018.
“In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy.” (Philippians 1:4) It is fitting that this last day of the 30 Days of Prayer devotional ends with Philippians. This letter of Paul is jam-packed with lived theology as the Apostle writes an epistle of joy from prison to believers suffering greatly. …
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“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” (Ephesians 3:20) Have you ever been so overwhelmed by a sunset that you felt you had to tell someone? Have you ever been so excited that you simply were …
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“For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.” (Ephesians 1:15-16) There are two exemplary prayers of Paul in the letter known as Ephesians. The first prayer arises in 1:15-23 …
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“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you…For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.” (Colossians 1:3, 9) To conclude the 30 Days of Prayer, I want us to have some interactive exploration of the Apostle Paul’s prayers …
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“I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” (John 17:23) In our earthly lives, we will at times falter in the battlefields of conflict. We may find ourselves raising …
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Matthew Erickson 