More than we ask.

Ephesians 3:16-21 NLT

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

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Hopefully you've read the verses above and felt empowered. Maybe you've wanted to get more stuck in when it comes to your vital ministry of prayer. And here Paul gives us some pointers as how to pray with the effectual fervent prayer that James writes about.
Pray thankfully. It is amazing how much this will change you. Tell God how you are thankful for your brothers and sisters. Actually I'm sure this will have an impact on you as you consider everyone (including your enemies). As you tell God why you are thankful for all the various people in your life, in your church, in your family, in your workplace, and among your difficult to love others category, you'll be encouraged and encouraging.

Paul says he prays constantly. Some ways you can pray more is to pray short prayers every time you think of someone. When you are out and about and you see someone who resembles the person you want to pray for, or you see someone wearing similar clothes, or from the same part of the world. The more you associated people and prayer and ways of remembering to pray the more you will pray and new reminded to pray. Prayer begets prayer.

Pray that the people you love will have "spiritual wisdom and insight", pray this for the people in your church, pray it for your family members who are believers, pray that God will do this in the hearts of those you want to be saved. Surely there is no other way for someone to understand the gospel than if God grants this prayer.

I could go on and on about this passage because it is so rich in things to pray, attitudes to have and practices to get into.

Get excited about the freedom to pray. Just think how blessed you, Jesus and others will be as you adopt these ways of praying.