Ramsey Creek Baptist Church

Paul's second intercessory prayer points to 2 truths we cannot forget: #1. God’s greatness and #2. Our need. Paul was driven to his knees in gratitude of everything the Spirit had just revealed to him. He was stunned at God’s grace in saving sinners individually and at His grace in uniting them corporately. A realization of God’s love and undeserved kindness drives Paul to worship and to pray. This is how it says we come to know the breadth & length & height & depth of His love; when we give up control to the One who’s really already in control of it all. We need strength for our “inner being” because this is where we fight sin, have courage to proclaim the Gospel, and love people the way Jesus loves us. It takes the power of the Spirit to allow us to know the fullness of God’s love for us. God is at work among His people, and He is at work through His people. And in v.21 we're told why God does this – for His own glory – “to him be glor