Pray with expectancy

  Note - For the next several days I will be off the grid with no Internet or phone service. I will resume my morning writings on Monday.
  Greetings:
  The Apostle Paul shows us many examples of a man who was strong in The Lord and filled with his Holy Spirit.
  Paul was a man who knew how to pray and shared that passion for prayer with others
  In Ephesians 3:14-19 (NIV), Paul prays for the brothers and sisters in Ephesus.
  “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
  Paul is on his knees.
  He is interceding for the brothers and sisters in Ephesus.
  He is asking God to do something more than just fix their problems.
  He is asking God for a greater blessing than financial prosperity or health or mental and emotional stability or a happy life.
  Paul prays that God might “strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.” He prays that “you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
  Another example of bold prayer by Paul is found in Philippians 1:9-11(NIV).
  “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God.”
  We need to pray expecting an answer.
  Be blessed.