“Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. And I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you the sooner.” Hebrews 13:18-19
The last written words of this letter are spent on practical wisdom. But as Hebrews closes, we read, “PRAY FOR US”. Right after, “And I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you the sooner.”
Practical, biblical instruction is important. We read the Word and apply its wisdom. As we make application of the Word praying is even more important. Recognizing as we pray heaven is stirred in our lives and the lives of others.
Here’s a good prayer for others in the Bible:
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3:14-21
- To Know Jesus. To Live on Mission.