Gary preached an absolute blinder of a sermon on...prayer. One prayer in particular; the prayer of Paul in Ephesians 3:14-19. What a marvellous model of what we should, can and must pray for:
Eph. 3:14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
It is both a privilege and a delight to pray, and one of the reasons we pray is because we can! Gary reminded us that not everyone can pray, contrary to popular belief. Only those who have access into the Heavenly Father's throne room, through the shed blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, can enjoy this privilege.
Then that evening I had a quite unexpected conversation with H, who is seriously close to committing himself to the lordship and forgiveness of Jesus. We prayed; or rather I prayed with him. We will talk again in a week or two, and he will keep reading his Bible and may start to pray.
I pray, Heavenly Father, that H will do just that—that H may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ's love that surpasses knowledge, and may be filled with all the fulness of God.
I still didn't find that library book, but. Perhaps the Lord wants me to boost the meagre income of the local library by paying for a new book at a ridiculously inflated price.
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