What an honor it is to be able to communicate with one’s Creator. God is indivisibly present everywhere and is always willing to listen, even when our thoughts are confusing and we cannot string together a single coherent sentence! While most of us have great faith when it comes to God listening to our prayers, we do not always have faith that He will grant us our requests … for good reason! Since our wisdom is foolishness in God’s sight (1 Corinthians 3:19), granting many of our requests would mean that God would no longer be the good Father because He would be constantly giving us “stones” (Luke 11:11) or punishment for living a life focused on satisfying the sinful desires of our hearts (James 1:14). While we know that the key to getting a YES in prayer is to ask in accordance with His will (John 14:13), how does one know God’s will and how does one approach a holy God and make these requests with humility and respect? In today’s sermon, we are going to examine the components of Paul’s prayer to the Ephesians so that we might learn to whom, why and what we should pray for!