We see in many of Paul’s epistles that he regularly prays for the churches he planted in his missionary journeys. These inspired prayers are helpful templates for our own prayer lives. In the opening chapter of Ephesians, we see that the apostle not only gives thanks to the Lord for the Ephesians’ faith and love, but that he prays for their assurance, that they would not doubt or waiver in their understanding that God is at work in Christ in the world, no matter what it looks like from our perspective.