The Mystery Revealed  Ephesians 3 NKJV

1/ For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles—   2/ if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,  3/ how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already,  4/ by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ),  5/ which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:  6/ that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise  in Christ through the gospel,

7/ of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

Purpose of the Mystery

8/ To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9/ and to make all seewhat is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;  10/ to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,  12/ in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.  13/ Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Appreciation of the Mystery

14/ For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15/ from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16/ that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17/ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18/ may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height 19/ to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.  20/ Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21/ to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.  Amen

Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom

 Ephesians 1:15-19 KJV

 15/ Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16/ do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17/ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18/ the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19/ and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, 20/ Which he wrought

in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21/ Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22/ And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23/ Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. 

Revelation 1:5-8 NKJV

 5/ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6/ and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7/ Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. 8/ “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”