Scripture Prayer

Ephesians 3: 14-21

This is the reason I kneel in the presence of the Father from whom all the family in heaven and on earth receives its name. I’m asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of his glory. I pray that he would give you inner strength and power through his Spirit. Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation. This way, with all of God’s people you will be able to understand how wide, long, high, and deep his love is. You will know Christ’s love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God.

Like Paul prayed for the Ephesians, Lord, we pray for Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie and Lydia Mudge. We ask Lord that you continue to gift them from the wealth of your glory. We pray that you give them inner strength and power from your Holy Spirit that Christ’s residence within them is evident through their faith. May all of their faith and ministry be rooted in your perfect love and may they and all their students and all to whom they minister understand how wide, how long, how high and how deep is Jesus’ love for them, a love which goes beyond any knowledge. May the Mudges be completely filled with You, God.

Lord, we ask for wisdom for the Mudges to know how to fix their visa and residency card situations. Help them to figure out the best strategy for Lydia and her college plans. Give them peace of mind that all will work out. And continue to guide them and inspire them as they prepare for the February semester and progress in the plans for on-line courses and distance learning. For all their concerns with their landlady and needed improvements in their apartment; for the students whom You want in their classes; for the relationships and spiritual protection of missionaries and other diocesan team members in Peru, and for their ministires, finances, resources and priorities: Lord, we put all of this into your hands.

Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in us. By this power he can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory belongs to God in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time and eternity! Amen.