The Power of Prayer: A FAMILY

WHO PRAYS TOGETHER,

STAY TOGEGHER.(1)
Ephe. 3:14-21
Pst. E S Kartagi
 Introduction:
• A little boy was spending the night at grandma and
grandpa’s house. Kneeling beside his bed with his
grandparents he softly said hid prayers: “Dear God,
please bless Mummy and Daddy and all the family.
Thank you for letting me stay with grandma and grandpa
tonight bless them and please give us all a good night’s
sleep.” Suddenly he looked up and shouted, “And dear
God please don’t forget to give me a bicycle for my
birthday!!”
• “There is no need to shout like that,” said his
grandmother. “God isn’t deaf.” “No” said the little boy,
“but Grandpa is. I want to be sure he heard me too.”…
 The Family that Prays Together
Stays Together…
• WE are going to look at six characteristics of
Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians that we can
apply to our families:
• Humility
• Name
• Provision
• Home
• Integrity and
• Abundance.
 1. FAMILY HUMILITY
• V.14. “For this reason I bow my knees to the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

• God resists the proud. But gives grace to the

humble.” (James 4:6).
• “If My people who are called by My name will
humble themselves, and pray ad seek My face,
and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear
from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal
their land.” (2 Taw. 7:14).
• THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER,
STAYS TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY
SHARE A FAMILY “HUMILITY”…
 2. FAMILY NAME
• V. 14,15; “For this reason I bow knees to
the Father…from whom the whole family
in heaven and earth is NAMED.”

• We are more than a church. We are

FAMILY.
• Within our families we share a relationship
with each other that goes beyond family
ties…
• THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER,
STAYS TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY
SHARE A FAMILY “HUMILITY”, A
FAMILY “NAME”…
 3. FAMILY PROVISION
• V. 16: “We pray that He would grant you,
according to the riches of His glory, to be
strengthened with might through His Spirit
in the inner man.”

• As a family we ought to thank God for how

He has provided for us from day to day
(Mat. 6:11),“Give us today our daily bread”
• (see. John. 15:7).
• THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER,
STAYS TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY
SHARE A FAMILY “HUMILITY”, A
FAMILY “NAME”, AND FAMILY
“PROVISION”…
 4. FAMILY HOME
• “v.17. “I pray that Christ may dwell in your
hearts though faith, that your, being rooted and
grounded in love.”

• God’s home is within our hearts. “Do you not

know that your body is a temple of the Holy
Spirit, who is in you,..(1 Cor. 6:19,20)
• God does not dwell in building… God lives in
YOU!
• Is GOD at Home within Your Family?
• Love is a Verb! Love is Active…
• (see Love is patient, love is kind…(1 Cor.
13: 4-8)…
• Love give us integrity because LOVE
Never Fails!
• It is Love that will hold us together and
keep our families from being divided. It is
Love that will strengthen a family to stick
together no matter what!
• THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER,
STAYS TOGETHER BECASE THEY
SHARE A FAMILY “ HUMILITY”, A
FAMILY “NAME”, A FAMILY
“PROVISION” AND A FAMILY “HOME”…
 5. FAMILY INTEGRITY
• V. 17, 18, 19: I pray…”that you, being rooted
and grounded in love.” v.18 “may be able to
comprehend with all the saints what is the width
and length and depts and height.” v. 19, “to
know the love of Christ which passes
knowledge; that you may be filled to the
measures of all the fullness of God.”
• Our integrity or character as a family is based
upon one word: LOVE.
• THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER,
STAYS TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY
SHARE A FAMILY “HUMILITY,” A
FAMILY “NAME,” A FAMILY
“PROVISION”, A FAMILY “HOME” AND
FAMILY “INTEGRITY” AND finally…
 6. FAMILY ABUNDANCE
• V. 20, 21: “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.”
v.21 “ to Him be glory in the church by Christ
Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.”
Amen.
• The sky is the limit for our families. God can and
will do more than we can ever imagine.
• If we could have anything we could imagine for
our family relationships what would it be? God
can give that to us AND MORE!!.
• THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER
STAYS TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A:
• FAMILY HUMILITY
• FAMILY NAME
• FAMILY PROVISION
• FAMILY HOME
• FAMILY INTEGRITY
• FAMILY ABUNDANCE.
 Conclusion:
• Pray as a family and ask God for BIG
THINGS…
• Ask for the “IMPOSSIBLE” and than watch
as God answers your prayer in greater
ways that you could imagine.
• Pray for the “Second Degree” of Faith…
• GOD can give that to us AND MORE!
• (see Matt. 19:29)…