Prayers Of The Spirit: Strengthened with Dunamis Power
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Ephesians 3:16
“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.”
The Apostle Paul, gives us one of the most powerful prayers ever recorded in Scripture. He says, “that God the Father would grant you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man”—this is a divine bestowal, a supernatural impartation from God Himself being carried out by the Spirit of God that is in you. And then he says: “according to the riches of his glory.” So this is not going to be according to the physical strength or weakness you can or usually experience in your flesh. No! The supply of this power is according to the riches of His glory! That means that His granting of this power is proportional to the extent of His own glorious supply of power.
δύναμις dunamis might – inherent power, miraculous power, mighty divine force, supernatural ability, explosive power
The word translated “might” here is the Greek word dunamis, which is inherent supernatural power—power that comes from the Holy Spirit, power that is miraculous in nature, a mighty divine force, supernatural ability, explosive power! This is the same power that raised Christ from the dead! This is the same power that was at work when the Holy Spirit moved upon the face of the waters at creation! And God says it is His will for you to be strengthened—to be invigorated, to be supernaturally empowered—with this very power! What a prayer.
Think about this: Are you strengthened with God’s supernatural power? Are you strengthened with God’s miraculous power? This inherent power, this mighty divine force that is given to the children of God by God’s Spirit—is God’s will for your life! If you want to walk in the experience of the power of the Christian life then this is prayer of the Spirit is not optional. And it is not for some elite group of super-Christian-ministers. It’s for all of God’s children.
κρατῶ krataioo strengthened – to be made strong, to be invigorated, to increase in strength, to be empowered, to grow mighty
And then the word “strengthened” is the Greek krataioo, which means to be made strong, to be invigorated, to increase in strength, to be empowered, to grow mighty! So this helps us to understand that this divine strength can increase and grow. And God wants you to be so empowered and strengthened with his might so that you are settled—and made strong and firm in His Word to the point where you cannot be shaken! The Remedy translation puts it this way: “I pray that out of the glorious riches that emanate from his being, and through the working of his spirit in your minds, you’ll be fully transformed into Christlikeness, and so settled into God’s methods and principles that you cannot be shaken.”
God will for you is never to be weak, and struggling, tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, by every circumstance, by every trial that comes your way. No! He wants you strengthened, envigorated with His spiritual power in your human spirit to the point where you are settled and can never be shaken! He wants you so grounded in His power that nothing—absolutely nothing—can shake you!
ἔσω eso inner – within, inward, the interior, the inside
And notice where this strengthening takes place: “in the inner man.” The Greek word eso means within, inward, the interior, the inside. This is not about physical strength. So it’s not about external circumstances changing but rather about the capacity of your spirit, your inner being, your heart being so filled with God’s miraculous power that it radiates outwardly onto your physical body and impacting things around you!
This is a part of what Jesus was referring to when He told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they would be “endued with power from on high.” This is God’s will! He wants you to be endued with power! And here’s the beautiful thing: when you pray this prayer—the prayer of the Spirit—you are praying in perfect alignment with God’s will. And what does the Bible say? “If we pray according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us, then we know that we have the petitions that we have desired of him.”
So every time you pray this prayer, you can have absolute confidence that God hears you and that you will receive what you are asking for. This prayer ignites a supernatural acceleration in your spiritual development.
I remember when the Holy Spirit began to reveal these things to me. I started to pray these prayers consistently, and my spiritual growth went into top-flight mode, into high-speed mode! Why? Because I was praying the prayer points of the Holy Spirit! And I still do so today—every day, every week, every year. My spiritual maturity, my spiritual development is constantly being accelerated because I pray these prayers of the Spirit.
Let me tell you something: this prayer program, this series of prayers of the Holy Spirit, is like no other prayer program you’ve probably been a part of. And that’s is because of the precision, the accuracy of the Spirit, of how we actually engage and enter into the realms of the Spirit using the light of God’s Word and laying hold of God’s purposes and plans—His perfect purposes and plans for our lives, for our spiritual development—with accuracy and precision! We’re not going round and round and hoping that we will hit it. No! We’re hitting it directly, perfectly! And the result of it is, you will even begin to experience the impact of this power during the prayer, immediately. You begin to be transported by the power of the Word of God into His perfect will of manifested power in your inner man.
Hey! You will begin to see the glory and the power of God work in and through you! The purposes and plans of God will now start to be revealed in and through you like it has never happened with you before! Hallelujah!
The question is: how long are you going to live on the testimonies of the manifestation and the displays of the glory and power of God in other people’s lives? How long are you going to be a spectator when this is for you? This prayer of the Spirit says that this is Gods will, “with all the saints”—so that includes you! God wants you to experience His miraculous power for yourself!
πνεῦμα pneuma Spirit – the Holy Spirit, the divine breath, the supernatural agent of God’s power
The Spirit—pneuma in Greek—is the supernatural agent of God’s power in your life. He is the One who strengthens you. He is the One who empowers you. He is the One who fills you with this inherent, miraculous, explosive power! And when His power comes upon you, you will feel it! You will experience the manifested power of the Holy Spirit vibrating even in your very body! As you embark on this prayer of the Spirit, may this be an occurrence in your life from today! May the manifested power of the Holy Spirit come and vibrate in and through you like currents through your body as you pray.
From today, many of you will be transported into the manifestation of the infilling of the power of God by the Spirit of God! This is the will of God for your life! He wants each and every single one of His children to have that experience! And if you haven’t experienced it yet, keep praying. Come back to this prayer again and again. Make those declarations. Contend for your own personal experience of the manifestation of the power of God in and through you!
Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, I thank You for granting me, according to the riches of Your glory, to be strengthened with Your mighty, miraculous, explosive power by Your Spirit in my inner man. I receive this supernatural empowerment today and I declare that I am invigorated, I am settled into Your methods and principles, and I cannot be shaken. Thank You, Father, that Your dunamis power is at work in me right now, transforming me into Christlikeness and propelling me into the accelerated fulfillment of Your perfect will for my life, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Speak The Word
I am strengthened with God’s miraculous, explosive power in my inner man! The Spirit of God has empowered me with inherent, supernatural ability that cannot be shaken! I am settled into God’s methods and principles by the power of the Holy Spirit. I am not a spectator—I personally experience the manifested power of God in my life! His dunamis power is at work in me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in the name of Jesus Christ!
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