Prayer for Spiritual Strength
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For this reason I bow my knees to the r Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
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that He would grant you, s according to the riches of His glory, t to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in u the inner man,
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v that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, w being rooted and grounded in love,
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x may be able to comprehend with all the saints y what is the width and length and depth and height -
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to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled z with all the fullness of God.
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Now a to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly b above all that we ask or think, c according to the power that works in us,
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d to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.
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Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.
Philippians 4:19
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Colossians 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy.
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Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.
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John 14:23
Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Romans 8:9
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you are disqualified.
Ephesians 2:22
In whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
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Colossians 1:23
If indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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Ephesians 1:18
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.
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Romans 8:39
Nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Ephesians 1:23
Which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
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Romans 16:25
Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began
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1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
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Colossians 1:29
To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.
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Romans 11:36
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.