Praying with Paul

Passage
Ephesians 1:20-22

Prayer
Dear Father, God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory.Help me grasp something of your glory as I compare my experience to the great power which you displayed when you raised Christ from the dead. You made him sit down at your right hand in the heavenly places, far above every rule and authority and power and dominion.Help me understand even more as I contemplate the fact that you lifted Jesus' name above every other name that is named, not...

 

Passage
Ephesians 1:17-20

Prayer
Dear Father, God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory.Give me a spirit of wisdom and of revelation so that I may truly know the Savior.Let the eyes of my heart light up with comprehension, that I may know how vast is the hope to which you have called me!May I come to know how truly boundless are the riches of your glorious inheritance that you have in us, your special people.May I understand to its depth how immeasurable is the greatness of...

 

Passage
Ephesians 1:9-14

Prayer
Dear Father, King of an eternal kingdom,You have made known to us the secret of your will, the purpose which you set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time. Thank you, O God, for what you have made known - that you intend to unite everything in Christ - things in heaven and things on earth.Divine Lord, you accomplish all things according to your will. Thank you that we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for...

 

Passage
Ephesians 1:5-8

Prayer
Dear Father, King of an eternal kingdom,In love you destined us to be your sons through Jesus Christ, exactly as you wanted to do.My heart overflows with thanksgiving and praise for this glorious graciousness which you bestowed on us in your beloved Son.Thank you that in him and through his blood we are forgiven of every sin and released from our bondage to sin - all of this according to your unfailing love lavished on us!In the name of Jesus and by his...

 

Passage
Ephesians 1:3-4

Prayer
Dear Father, King of an eternal kingdom,Thank you for giving me the greatest motivation in life. You have called me into your kingdom, the greatest blessing that can come to any creature in heaven or on earth, in ages past, the present, or time to come.Blessed are you, O God, Creator of everything that is.You have blessed us with every blessing of a spiritual nature in the heavenly realms.In fact, you chose us in Christ before you created the world, that...

 

Passage
Hebrews 13:10-21

Prayer
Dear Father,Help me to obey my leaders and submit to them, as those who keep watch for my soul.Fill my mouth and my heart with earnest prayer for all your servants who serve you in your kingdom!Now may you, the great God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip me with everything good that I may do your will, working in me what is pleasing in your sight, through...

 

Passage
Hebrews 13:10-21

Prayer
Dear Father,Thank you for providing an altar of worship for me and all those who have faith in Jesus. Thank you that our Lord Jesus was willing to suffer outside the gate in order to call to himself a people sanctified through his blood. Thank you that I am one of these!Let me therefore go to him outside the camp, bearing abuse for him. Father, here I have no lasting city, no permanent country, but I seek the city which is to come, that you are...

 

Passage
Hebrews 13:6-8

Prayer
Dear Father,Help me say with confidence: The Lord is my helper. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?I remember those who led me to Christ by speaking his word to me. Thank you for them. Bless them abundantly. Help me to imitate their faith.And most of all, thank you for Jesus Christ, who forever remains true to me. Thank you, my God, that he is the same yesterday, today, and for ever.In the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Passage
Hebrews 13:1-5

Prayer
Dear Father, hospitable king,Fill me with brotherly love. Make me a generous provider of hospitality to strangers. Let angels find provision under my roof, even when I don't know who they really are.Help me remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since I am also in the body.Help me hold marriage in honor. May my own marriage bed remain forever undefiled.Keep me from the love of money. Help me be...

 

Passage
Hebrews 12:29

Prayer
Dear Father, who dwells in indescribable light,Living God, consuming fire, burn the sin from my life. Purify my heart's desire in the smelter of your holiness.I want to do your will, Father, so that whatever I do, in word or deed, it will be done in the name of the Lord Jesus.I give thanks to you, God, my Father, always for everything.In Jesus' name. Amen.

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