Church

" Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus

and your love for God’s people everywhere, 

I have not stopped thanking God for you.

I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow

in your knowledge of God.

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light

so that you can understand the confident hope

he has given to those he called—

his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.

I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s

power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power

that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor

at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms. Now he is far above

any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else—

not only in this world but also in the world to come.

And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ,

who fills all things everywhere.