Paul’s Wisdom in Prayer. Ephesians 1:17-23 Paul is praying the Church at Ephesus will come to an understanding and knowledge of what God wants for them.s we look at Paul’s prayer for the believers at Ephesus, I want us to see his prayer as a prayer that we should make as our own. The Holy Spirit has put his prayer in His Word so we would pray the same prayer and understand the same things.Paul prays that the believers in Ephesus might know that God is gracious and glorious. Paul speaks of God’s immense, immeasurable power.He is telling us that God’s power is ours to know and experience! We need God’s power for we are often weak and stumble. We need God’s power because we insufficient and unable to do certain things on our own. We need God’s power because we are ineffective in ourselves.