Straight from the Word Part 2

I love being able to pray scriptures. When we do, we have no doubt that what we're praying God's will and we are confident that He'll answer.

¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, ¹⁶ that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, ¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, ¹⁸ may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— ¹⁹ to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
²⁰ Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, ²¹ to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21 NKJV

The apostle Paul explains to the church at Ephesus that he has been called by God to preach to them. The Christians in Ephesus were worried about Paul because he was in prison for preaching the gospel. So the prisoner here is writing and praying that God would strengthen these brothers and sisters of his who were worried about him.

What a loving and accurate way to praise God at the end of the prayer.

Again, the New Living Translation is less formal:

¹⁴ When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, ¹⁵ the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. ¹⁶ I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. ¹⁷ Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. ¹⁸ And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. ¹⁹ May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

 ²⁰ Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. ²¹ Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

Ephesians 3:14-21 NLT

With a few tweaks, this prayer is ours. We can pray it for ourselves and for others.

Pray with me:

I bow my knees to You, the Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that You would grant me, according to the riches of Your glory, to be strengthened with might through Your Spirit in my inner man, that Christ may dwell in my heart through faith; that I, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that I may be filled with all the fullness of God.  Now to You, the one who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that I ask or think, according to the power that works in me, to You be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

And using the New Living Translation as our model:

I fall to my knees and pray to You, the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.  I pray that from Your glorious, unlimited resources You will empower me with inner strength through Your Spirit.  Then Christ will make his home in my heart as I trust in him. My roots will grow down into Your love and keep me strong.  And may I have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep Your love is.  May I experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then I will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from You, my God. Now all glory to You, God who is able, through Your mighty power at work within me, to accomplish infinitely more than I might ask or think.  Glory to You in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.