Praying with Paul

Passage
2 Corinthians 11:16-21

Prayer
Dear Father, to whom our pure devotion is due,When someone seeks to make slaves of us, to prey upon us, to take advantage of us, to put on airs, or to strike us in the face, help us know that such a person does not represent you. For your emissaries don't do such things.Help us look to the examples of Paul, Peter, John, Barnabas, and others like them, who submitted themselves as servants. Help us be like them.In the name of Jesus, our greatest...

 

Passage
2 Corinthians 11:1-15

Prayer
Dear Father, to whom our pure devotion is due,Thank you for the divine jealousy that Christ feels for us, his church. How wonderful to know that we have been betrothed to him as a bride to her one husband. We wait with longing for the great wedding celebration that is to come.Help us not to be like Adam's bride, Eve, and be led astray by Satan's cunning. Help us have a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.Help us avoid false apostles, deceitful...

 

Passage
2 Corinthians 10:15-18

Prayer
Dear Father,Let me have pride in what I do, not in claiming someone else's work. Grant me to be active for you in new endeavors or new places, not boasting of work done in another person's field.Father, increase my faith, so that the sphere of the influence of your Good News may be greatly enlarged through me and passed on even to other lands. Let me boast, not of what I do, but of what you do through me. \"Let him who boasts boast of the...

 

Passage
2 Corinthians 10:7-14

Prayer
Dear Father, source of our joy and our pride,Sometimes we are blind. We don't see what is right before our eyes. Help us to look that we may see, listen that we may hear.Thank you, Father, that Christ has purchased me and that I belong to him. Thank you for the authority I have in him to build others up. Never let me do anything that would tear down or destroy.Help me to be entirely honest. Let what I say about others in their absence be the same...

 

Passage
2 Corinthians 10:1-6

Prayer
Dear Father, teacher of spiritual soldiers,Thank you for the example of the meekness and gentleness of Christ. If I must show boldness or be abrasive in any way, let it be for the good of others. Keep me from having the manners of the world or living at all in a worldly fashion. For though I live in the world, I am not carrying on a worldly war. The weapons of my warfare are not worldly but have divine power from you for destroying strongholds and...

 

Passage
2 Corinthians 9:11-15

Prayer
Dear Father, righteous and gracious God,I believe that you will enrich me in every way for great generosity, and I pray that my giving will produce thanksgiving to you! Let my giving not only serve mankind but also glorify your name.Let me glorify you by being obedient in every way to the Good News about Jesus. Let my contributions be an expression of my love for him.Let those who receive what I give pray for me and long to know me, because of your...

 

Passage
2 Corinthians 9:9-10

Prayer
Dear Father, righteous and gracious God,You are the God about whom it is written, \"He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor, his righteousness endures for ever.\"You are the God who supplies seed to the sower, and gives the harvest of grain for bread, who multiplies my resources and increases the harvest of righteousness for me. How I thank you and praise you for this!In the name of Jesus Christ, the truly generous Savior of mankind, I pray. Amen...

 

Passage
2 Corinthians 9:1-8

Prayer
Dear Father, righteous and gracious God,Create in me a holy readiness to give of that which you have given me, never as an exaction but as a willing gift.Help me to sow bountifully so that I shall reap bountifully. Let me make up my mind about what to give.Then let my giving be cheerful, not with reluctance or under compulsion.And why shouldn't I give, since you give to me without reservation. You are able to provide me with every blessing in...

 

Passage
2 Corinthians 8:24

Prayer
Dear Father, to whom all honor is due,Let your hand of power rest on your committed servants; sustain them and let them never grow slack or less devoted to principle.Help us honor them and to honor Christ by how we present ourselves to them. Help us demonstrate to them and to your church worldwide the genuineness of our love and commitment to our Lord Jesus.Fill your church with such servants. Fill us all with hearts of service.In the name of Jesus I...

 

Passage
2 Corinthians 8:16-23

Prayer
Dear Father, to whom all honor is due,Thank you for the earnest care you put into the heart of people like Titus. Thank you for people who respond to specific appeals to serve. They give glory to you and show the good will of your people. May your grace reach to me and make me such a person also.Thank you that such people act in ways that are above and beyond blame. They love not only what is good in your sight but also what is honorable in the...