This past week, I went to my cousin to ask for ideas of scripture I could share with a friend in a hard place.  I wanted to encourage and empower this friend with both wisdom to know what to do and strength to act.  I was afraid of telling her the wrong thing and knew God’s advice and wisdom was far superior than mine.  She suggested studying Ephesians {chapters one & two}.

Then in church, Pastor Brandon shared a few good verses to use when praying for others.  Once again, Ephesians came up.  This is when Ephesians 3:16 was brought to my attention.  Its perfect.

Sometimes all we can really do for those in need is listen and pray for them.

Since its my birthday, I figured a gift was in order.  Here, I have a pretty little print packed with a powerful prayer.  I plan to also use this one a lot during our church’s 21 Days of Prayer campaign.

The print is formatted to print as large as 8.5”x11”.  I wanted something pretty but simple.  I wanted to do something with my two favorite colors.    Purple is Lilie Jo’s and my favorite.  I love putting orange with purple because its just never seen.  I think the two contrasting colors with the balance of the neutral grey complimented each other quite nicely.  I didn’t try an intracate or detailed design because I didn’t want to distract from the message.

I can’t wait to frame and hang this one in Lilie Jo’s room.

What will you do with yours?