32" x 28" acrylic on canvas that is my impression of a few of the members at the Church at Ephesus as they consider Paul's request just before they pray for him.
My painting is an impression of Ephesians 6:18-20, specifically. "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should." However I'm also attempting to show they're consideration of the entire letter that they have just heard.
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