A 39 day prayer guide by Ronnie Joy
Most of us know Ephesians for two prayers. Paul stops in chapter one and again in chapter three to pray for the church, and those are the passages we underline.
The second time I read through the letter, I saw what I'd missed. The prayer doesn't stop there. Every chapter, from the blessing in the opening lines to the armor at the end, can be prayed straight back to God. Ephesians isn't a letter with two prayers in it. The whole letter is a prayer waiting to be prayed.
So I prayed it, passage by passage, all the way through. This guide is what came out of those mornings.
Pray the Word back to the One who wrote it
Praying Ephesians gives you 39 prayers drawn from the letter in order, from Paul's opening blessing to his final words of peace. Each prayer has a title and a Scripture reference. You open your Bible, read the passage, and then pray it over your own life: your identity, your home, your children, your work, your words, and the battles nobody else sees.
Pray one a day, and in 39 days you'll have prayed your way through an entire book of the Bible.
What you'll walk away with
- ♡ A new way of reading Ephesians, and a way of praying Scripture you can carry into every other book of the Bible
- ♡ Thirty nine days in the Word that end in conversation with God
- ♡ Prayers you can come back to in any season, titled so you can find them quickly
- ♡ A written record of what God did while you prayed
What's inside
- ♡ A personal letter from me to begin
- ♡ Why Ephesians? Who Paul wrote to, why he wrote from chains, and how the letter moves from who we are to how we live
- ♡ Why Pray Scripture? Five reasons, including Jesus praying the Psalms from the cross
- ♡ 39 titled prayers, each with its Scripture reference, following the letter in order
- ♡ Six Pause and Reflect pages with questions and room to write
- ♡ A 39 day tracker to check off as you go
- ♡ 36 pages designed to read on any screen, or print and write on
Who it's for
This guide is for the woman who already loves God's Word and wants to sit in it longer. If you've read Ephesians before, consider this an invitation to read it again, slower, and to let every line lead you to prayer.
Good to know
This is an instant PDF download. The Bible text isn’t printed inside. Each prayer points you to its passage, so you can read it in your own Bible, in the translation you love.
The guide is for personal use. If you’d like to use it with a small group or church, please reach out to me through the contact page of my website, thewordandwhimsypost.com, and we can work something out.
Please don’t copy, forward, upload, or resell this guide. It’s protected by copyright, and sharing it without permission is a violation of copyright law. Thank you for honoring the work that went into it.
Paul wrote this letter in chains and filled it with praise. I'd love for you to pray it with me.
With love and ink,
Ronnie Joy 💌
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