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I am so grateful that the Word sometimes pokes me.

You know what I’m talking about — those occasions when we read a passage and we are reminded by the Holy Spirit that we haven’t been doing all that we’re called to do.

I’m not talking about those times when we flat out need to repent of sin.

Instead, I’m talking about those times when we’ve been neglectful of doing those things that would strengthen the Kingdom via strengthening other believers.

A passage in today’s daily Bible reading convicted me of the need to become more intercessory in my prayers for others.

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.” (Ephesians 1:17).

The Apostle Paul knew that spiritual growth toward Christian maturity didn’t happen accidentally, but instead intentionally.

The better that other believers knew Jehovah in a personal sense, the more that they’d appreciate Him and want to honor Him and serve Him.

That’s why Paul persistently prayed for an outpouring of inspiration and instruction from the Holy Spirit into believers among the churches of the 1st Century such as the church at Ephesus.

Without the assistance of the Holy Spirit to be a communication mediator between God and man, the people might have information about God but they could not have an authentic relationship with God.

I need to pray Paul’s prayer more often for the people in my congregation. If the prayer above was something that Paul needed to do — and it obviously was since it was included in God’s divinely directed scriptures — then it is something that every Christian needs to do for his or her circle of fellow believers.

Like me, I’m sure that you have plenty of people in your circle of influence that you’d like to see in a closer relationship with God.

Please join me in asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give our family members and Christian friends the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that they may know Him better.

Will you pray this prayer for me, too?

The better I know Him, the more I will be able to do for Him, I’m sure.

As always, I love you
Martin

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