Two Greatest Prayers of Paul

There are two greatest prayers we must pray everyday

For which Paul the apostle taught us in Ephesians

One in chapter one and the other

chapter three

One for vision and the other for experience.

Grant us spirit of wisdom and of revelation

Strengthen us

Lord

with power into our inner man

Your economy then may become our vision

And You may make home in our hearts to fulfill Your plan.

We have prayed for our many concerns

worries

and plans

We have prayed for our heart’s desire and so many aims

We have prayed for good meetings and our gospel friends

Now let’s rise up and pray prayers that would turn this age!

Two millennia have gone by Christians countless as sands

God’s economy yet a mystery hidden to man

Many zealous yet with no vision

no restraint

Who would kneel down and pray to see God’s central vision?

What’s God’s calling and glory of His inheritance?

What’s the surpassing greatness of His power fourfold?

What’s the transmission of Christ as Head to the church?

What’s His Body

His fullness while He fills all in all?

To see vision we need to pray for four elements

Wisdom to know and revelation of the objects

Light for illumination and our eyes opened

God’s economy then shall be a vision so clear.

With the vision we must not be proud or be content

Lest as Laodicea soon we lukewarm become

Empty knowledge would only make you poor

blind

naked

“Buy gold

garments and eyesalve!” — this’ how we overcome!

What’re Christ’s unsearchable riches Paul as gospel proclaimed?

What’re the breadth

length

height

depth of Christ we shall apprehend?

What’s the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ to know?

What’s to be filled with all the fullness of God fore’er?

Thus we all must pursue to gain the experience

E’en as Mary wouldn’t let go till the Lord manifest’d

Look how Paul ran his race to gain Christ till the end

Let us forget all things and press on to Christ ahead.

For experience we must pray to be strengthened always

That from soul into spirit we would turn and remain

Only when we’re in spirit can Christ have a way

From our spirit to make His home in our hearts through faith.

Seeing the vision would help us walk on God-ordained way

Being in spirit then God will build up His dwelling place

Making home in our hearts is how Christ builds His church

How His bride is prepared for Him to come end this age.

Heav’nly vision must be renewed and ne’er disobeyed

To experience Christ for His Body — that’s all we care!

Let’s all pray these two greatest prayers day by day

Hallelujah! We’ll soon bring Him back — no more delay!