Prayers That Please The Father

 Ephesians 1:15-23 Prayers that Please the Father September 17, 2017 Dr. James Pittman Outline for our study Prayers that Please the Father 1. The People of Paul’s prayer 15-16 2. The Purpose of Paul’s prayer 17-19a 3. The Person behind Paul’s prayer 19b-23 Questions to ponder & Study notes • Questions to ponder… • Study Notes: _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 1 According to verse 15 who did Paul pray for? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ What two characteristics did he use to identify _____________________________________________ them? How do we identify Christians today? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 2. According to verses 18 and 19, what three things _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ did Paul want them to know? Why do you think _____________________________________________ Paul made this request of God? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 3. What is the significance of the resurrection and _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ authority of Jesus Christ in verses 20-23? How is it _____________________________________________ related to Paul’s prayer request? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________