"What do you pray for?"  This is the question I hear asked of my sermon text this week from Ephesians 3:14-21. Prayer is at the heart of worship, both individually and corporately. In prayer, through the Holy Spirit, people seek after and are found by the one true God who has been revealed in Jesus Christ. Come and learn insights from Paul’s great prayer.

This is the second week in the "Great Prayers of The Bible" sermon series. Last week was an introduction. The sermon title for this Sunday is "A Discerning Prayer." The sermon texts are I Kings 3:3-15, I Kings 8:22-40, and Romans 11:33-36, 12:1-2. In prayer we bow before the Lord, celebrate the greatness of God, and humbly ask for God's guidance, forgiveness, and strength.

The sermon texts are Psalm 49:1-9, 16 and Luke 18:9-14. Jim Collins, from extensive research, and in his writing indicates that humility is a key characteristic of the best leaders. We see the humil-ity of Jesus in visiting earth to be born as a baby and then growing up to die on the cross for the sins of all of the world. Humility is part of being a servant of Jesus Christ.