Praying with Paul

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2 Corinthians 1:20-22

Prayer
Dear Father,Thank you, my God, that you utter Yes to me. You establish and affirm my very being through Christ, and not only me but all your elect people.Thank you for putting your seal of approval on me and giving me your Holy Spirit in my heart as your guarantee.Thank you for saying Yes to me! Yes in yourself, yes in Christ, yes through the Spirit!Thank you, Father, thank you. How I love you! How I praise your name on earth in hope that I may...

 

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2 Corinthians 1:12-20

Prayer
Amen! Yes! Abba, Dear Father,Let me find pride in this - that my conscience testifies that I live my life in this world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by your graciousness.Help me not to vacillate as I make my plans. Don't let me be like those who are worldly, ready to say \"Yes\" and \"No\" at the same time, talking out of both sides of their mouth.As surely as you, God, are faithful, let me act in good faith toward...

 

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2 Corinthians 1:3-11

Prayer
Dear Father, great and gentle one,When I am utterly, unbearably crushed so that I despair of life itself, when I feel as if I have received the sentence of death, remind me that I am to rely not on myself but on you, the God who raises the dead.It is only you who can deliver from deadly peril. I have set my hope on you. You deliver me again and again and again. How faithful you are!I pray for my many brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the...

 

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2 Corinthians 1:3-11

Prayer
Dear Father, great and gentle one,Blessed are you, God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. You are the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.You comfort us in our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort others who are in affliction with the same comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by you.You enable us to know that as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we shall share abundantly in comfort too.Thank...

 

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1 Corinthians 16:13-20

Prayer
Dear Father,In watchfulness, may I stand firm in faith, be courageous, and be strong. Let everything I do be done in love. Help me to subject myself to those in your church who have devoted themselves to serving all the saints and to refreshing the spirits of your servants. May I be a true fellow worker and sincere laborer in your vineyard, always extending joyous greetings and sincere blessings to brothers and sisters in Christ.Most of all, help...

 

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1 Corinthians 16:1-12

Prayer
Dear Father,Give me the discipline to set something aside from my earnings every week to subsidize your work around the world.May I then administer this money wisely and honorably. Open wide the doors for effective work for your kingdom.May I willingly give to help your worthy servants. Let me give hospitality and support to those who travel.May your love and the grace of the Lord Jesus be with them and us for ever and ever. Amen.

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1 Corinthians 15:58

Prayer
Dear Father,Thank you for the assurance that my work for you will never be lost. The Lord Jesus promised that even a cup of cold water given in his name will not lose its reward.May I be zealous, steadfast, and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord and utterly counting on you.I trust you, Lord, because I believe that my efforts for you are not in vain. May I always give myself fully to your work, knowing that anything else I might...

 

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1 Corinthians 15:51-57

Prayer
Dear Father, keeper of every promise,Thank you for disclosing to us the mystery of what is to come! Keep us looking forward to that moment when we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.Thank you that some of us will not even have to die but will rise to meet the Savior in the air.Praise be to you, Almighty Father. By your will the last trumpet will sound. The dead will be raised imperishable. We shall...

 

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1 Corinthians 15:47-50

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Dear Father, keeper of every promise,Thank you for making the first man, Adam, a living soul. Thank you even more that by your power the last man, Jesus Christ, has become for us a life-giving spirit.May I anticipate with hope the fact that, just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.Give me patience as I reside in a body of flesh and blood, knowing that flesh and blood does not inherit...

 

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1 Corinthians 15:35-46

Prayer
Dear Father, rewarder of all who diligently seek you, Thank you for the lessons in nature that teach truths about your kingdom. Help me to learn from these examples so that I might understand more about you. Just as bare kernels of grain sown in the ground do not germinate and become plants unless they first \"die,\" so too my old nature must die before your new life can germinate in me. And so it is with the resurrection of believers. We are...