Pray with Purpose | Rev. Dr. Kim Anderson | July 5, 2026

Main message: Pray with purpose by seeking inward transformation and surrendering to God's will rather than treating prayer as a list of requests; purposeful prayer roots believers in Christ's love and empowers them for God's work.

Key points:

• The sermon centers on Ephesians 3:14–21: Paul's prayer asks for inner strengthening by the Spirit so Christ may dwell in believers.
• Purposeful prayer focuses first on who we become (inner strength, hearts changed) rather than on material or control-driven requests.
• Paul models three movements of purposeful prayer: prayer for inner strength, to be rooted and established in Christ's love, and for God's glory/power to work through us.
• Jesus in Gethsemane models honest petition that ends in surrender — "not my will but yours" — showing costly prayer that aligns with God's purpose.
• Harriet Tubman is offered as an example of someone who prayed with purpose, receiving inner power to do dangerous, costly work for God's call.
• The Lord's Prayer point: prioritize "thy will be done" over asking for things God already knows, and expect God to do immeasurably more than we ask.

Scriptures mentioned: Ephesians 3:14-21, Psalm 27, (Lord's Prayer quoted — Matthew 6:9-13)