Prayer for Ephesians 5

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Praying through Ephesians 5:1

Loving Father, I want to be more and more like Christ, to walk in newness of life, and to truly be a life where Christ can be seen in me. In His name I pray, AMEN.

“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;”
(Ephesians 5:1)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:1

Praying through Ephesians 5:2

Heavenly Father, thank You for the life example of the Lord Jesus. I know I cannot copy Him in my own strength, but I pray that in the power of the Spirit, I would learn to walk in love, so that I become a sweet-smelling thank-offering that is pleasing to You. In Jesus’ name, AMEN.

“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
(Ephesians 5:2)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:2

Praying through Ephesians 5:6

Heavenly Father, thank You that I am no longer a son of disobedience but have been saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour. Thank You that I have been bought with a price - the precious blood of Your dearly beloved Son and have been given all I need for life and godliness. I pray that I may honour Your name in thought, word, motive, and deed, and live my life to Your eternal praise and glory. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.”
(Ephesians 5:6)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:6

Praying through Ephesians 5:8

Dear Lord, how I long to reflect the light of Your love as I journey through this dark world. Thank You for bringing me into the wonderful light of Your saving grace. Please help me to walk in spirit and truth so that I may be used as a channel through whom Your love, grace, healing, and forgiveness may flow to others. In the name of Jesus I pray, AMEN.

“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
(Ephesians 5:8)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:8

Praying through Ephesians 5:14

Heavenly Father, I realise there are times in my Christian life when I have allowed a spirit of slumber to overtake me and I have faltered in my Christian journey, but I pray that I would awaken from any soporific state, walk in newness of life, and live in the light of Christ's lovely presence. I pray that I would press on for the high call I have in Christ Jesus and produce the fruit of goodness, righteousness, and truth. Help me to honour Your holy name by the life I live and the attitude of my heart. Thank You for the many privileges I enjoy as Your child and I pray that I would fulfil the responsibilities I have to live according to Your Word and to walk in the light as He is in the light. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”
(Ephesians 5:14)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:14

Praying through Ephesians 5:18

Heavenly Father, I pray that I may submit to the leading and guidance of Your Spirit. May I be filled to overflowing with His graces, and live my life in willing submission to Him. Keep me from anything that discredits Your name in the areas of gluttony, drunkenness, or lack of self-control. Lead me in the path of righteousness, for Your name's sake. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”
(Ephesians 5:18)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:18

Thanks For Blessings Received

Loving Father, how I praise and thank You for Your many and great blessings that You have showered over us all, despite our foolish rebelling and sinful pride. How great You are and what a gracious God that You should care for such as me.

Thank You, Father, for Your unconditional and everlasting love towards me. May I grow more and more to be like You, guide and teach me in all that I say and do, so that I may do all according to Your will.

I ask You to continue to pour our Your bountiful blessings and mercy on me and my whole family. I ask this in the name of the lovely Lord Jesus,

Amen.

“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;”
(Ephesians 5:20)
Category: Prayers of Blessings

Praying through Ephesians 5:21

Heavenly Father, I long to walk the godly path in Christ Jesus and be filled with the Spirit, moment by moment. Lord, I want to do this for the right reasons so that my life may praise and glorify You, for You alone are worthy. I pray that my life may be one of self-sacrifice and humble praise, for the benefit of my brothers and sisters in Christ and to the praise and glory of Your holy name. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”
(Ephesians 5:21)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:21

Praying through Ephesians 5:22

Heavenly Father, thank You for our homes and families and for the wonderful way that You have designed the different roles of husbands and wives which bring glory to Your name when applied in our home situation. I lift up all Christian marriages today and pray that in Your grace, many wives may see the beauty there is in godly submission to their own husbands. And in-turn, I pray that men may reflect the great love for their own wives that Christ has for the Church, Who out of love for us, gave Himself for us. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”
(Ephesians 5:22)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:22

Praying through Ephesians 5:25

Loving Lord, I want to be one that carries out this truth in my own life. Make me more like Christ, and teach me to love as He loves. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
(Ephesians 5:25)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:25

Praying through Ephesians 5:26

Thank You, Father, that I am positioned in Christ and being conformed, day by day, into the likeness of the Lord Jesus, through the power of Your Holy Spirit. I pray that You would work deeply in my life, and that I may be practically sanctified, daily cleansed, and purified with the washing of the water of the Word of God so that I may stand before You without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
(Ephesians 5:26)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:26

Praying through Ephesians 5:27

Heavenly Father, how I bless Your holy name for the transforming work that You are doing in my life. I pray that I would be washed daily with the cleansing water of the Word of God so that I may be presented to You without spot or wrinkle but be made holy and blameless to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
(Ephesians 5:27)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:27

Praying through Ephesians 5:30

Heavenly Father, how I praise and thank You that by faith in Christ’s death, burial, and Resurrection, I have become bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. Please use me as a witness, a testimony, and a minister of reconciliation, to a lost and dying world. Help me to honour You in all I say and do. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.”
(Ephesians 5:30)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:30

Praying through Ephesians 5:32

Heavenly Father, thank You for revealing this wonderful mystery to me, that my relationship with the Lord Jesus is as special and intimate as that between a husband and his wife. May we all who are His Body and Bride, live together in the unity of the Spirit, in a bond of peace, and to the honour of His holy name. He gave His life because of His love of the Church. May we all reflect that love to those around us. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”
(Ephesians 5:32)
Source: Verse of the day for Ephesians 5:32