Strengthen my inner self

A prayer from Ephesians 3:16-21.

Jehovah-Nissi,

Be a banner over me and guide me in the truth about your love.
Help me not doubt it or doubt you.

Strengthen me with power through your Spirit in my inner being–
breathe life and resolve into my gut and my heart and my mind.
Increase my faith in you.
You have never failed me, and you never will.
I praise you for your infinite love and care.

Strengthen my roots.
Establish my thoughts and emotions in the strength of your love.
Together, with your people, pour out your power on me.
With this power and with the fellowship of believers,
help me to grasp how wide
and long
and high
and deep
is the love of Christ.

Oh, your love is inexplicable!
Unimaginable!
Unfathomable!
It surpasses knowledge.
Why do I try to understand, contain it, market it?
Your love abounds as I give it more space in my life.

Fill me up with the fullness of God!
Overflow and overwhelm me with your love!

You will do more than I can ask or imagine.
I can’t begin to dream what you are capable of doing–
what you want to do–
what you will do,
if only I let you saturate me with the love of Christ.

According to your power at work within me now,
Let me bring glory to your name.
May the church bring glory to your name
now and forevermore!
Amen.