Give Us Strong Hearts

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. 

And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

--Ephesians 3:16-19 (NIV)

Father God,

Give us strong hearts.

I ask that You would pour out Your Spirit on all of us, from the limitless riches of Your glory, and strengthen us with power in our innermost beings, in order that we may open our hearts and that, in response to our faith, Christ would make our hearts His home.

Give us strong hearts.

Empower us, by Your Spirit, to build upon the foundation of love that You have already established in us, to be able to somehow grab hold of that which cannot ever be completely known--that is, the infinite measure of how wide and long, how high and deep is Christ’s love for us--so that we can live in the fullness and power of Your love.

Give us strong hearts.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.