Ephesians 1:16-21 (Kenneth Wuest, Expanded Translation)
Father, I pray that you, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, might give to _______a spirit of
wisdom and revelation in the sphere of a full knowledge of You; the eyes of his/her heart being in an enlightened state
with a view to him/her knowing what is the hope of Your calling, what is the wealth of the glory of Your inheritance in
the saints, and what is the super-abounding greatness of Your inherent power to us who are believing ones as measured by
the operative energy of the manifested strength of Your might, which might was operative in the Christ when You raised
Him from among the dead and seated Him at Your right hand in the heavenly places, over and above every government
and authority and power and lordship and every name that is constantly being named, not only in this age, but also in the
one about to come.
Eph 3:16-21 (K.W., Expanded)
I pray that out of Your glorious riches you may strengthen with power through Your Spirit in his/her inner
being, so that Christ may dwell in his/her heart through faith. And I pray that they, 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 they may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of You, Father. Now to
You who are able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to your power that is at work within __________
, to You be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Col 1:10-14 (K.W., Expanded)
Father, fill _______with the advanced and perfect experiential knowledge of your will through all spiritual wisdom
and understanding. And we pray this in order that may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him
in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing by means of the advanced and perfect experiential
knowledge of You, by every enabling power being constantly strengthened in proportion to the manifested power of your
glory, resulting in every patience and forbearance, with joy constantly giving thanks to You, Father who qualified___________
for the portion of the share of the inheritance of the saints in the sphere of the light; who delivered ______out of
the tyrannical rule of the darkness and transferred him/her into the kingdom of the Son of Your love in whom_______
has redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Phil.1:9-12
For this reason, since the day we heard about , we have not stopped praying for you. We ask
you Lord to fill__________ with the knowledge of your will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And
we pray this in order that ____may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please You in every way: bearing
fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to Your glorious
might so that may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father.
Jesus' Prayer for Us (our names in the blanks)
John 17:24-26
“Father, I desire that also,________ whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that may see My
glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, although the
world has not known You, yet I have known You; and have known that You sent Me; and I have made Your name
known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in , and I in them.”
Prayers for Believers
Philemon 1:6
I pray that_______ may be active in sharing his/her faith, so that they will have a full understanding of every good
thing they have in Christ.
Phil.1:9-11
And this is my prayer: that _____'s love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that
he/she 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.