"Heart Eyes"
Brad Parkhurst
Part of "Children Of Light : Ephesians"
June 30, 2024

Ephesians 1:15 CSB
This is why, since I heard about your faith…

Ephesians 1:15-16 CSB
This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers.

>> How We Should Pray For Each Other:

1. The Spirit of

Ephesians 1:17 CSB
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

Greek : sophia = wisdom (worldly or spiritual)

// You don’t get wisdom from God if you don’t Jesus.

2. The Spirit of

Ephesians 1:17 CSB
I pray that the God…would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

Greek : apokalypsis = revelation, disclosure

>> How You Test Revelation:

a. Does it match up to the ?

b. Is it in line with the of God that we know from Scripture and see in Jesus?

c. Does it Jesus and his kingdom?

3. “ eyes” would be opened

Ephesians 1:18-19 CSB
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength.

>> When your heart eyes are open, you can understand:

1. Your in your calling

Ephesians 1:18 CSB
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling…

2. You are part of Jesus’ .

Ephesians 1:18 CSB
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know…what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints…

3. The of Christ on/in you

Ephesians 1:18-20 CSB
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know…what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength. He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens…


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