For many of us the frustrations of life can discourage us from prayer. Maybe that’s because we hope for an outcome rather than placing our hope in the one who holds our outcome. In this message we hear how we know God better in prayer because hope in prayer is hope in Christ.

Text: Ephesians 1:15-23

• Hope in prayer begins with knowledge from God’s Spirit V. 17

• Hope in prayer is the hope of our call Vv. 18-19a

• Hope in prayer is supplied by the power of Christ Vv. 19b-20

• Hope in prayer is affirmed through the supremacy and sovereignty of Christ Vv. 21-23