Praying with Paul

Paul's writings as daily, powerful prayers.

Disciplined Giving

1 Corinthians 16:1-12



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.


Ⓒ 1996-2021...
 

Nothing Will Be Lost

1 Corinthians 15:58



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 accomplish...
 

The Mystery Disclosed

1 Corinthians 15:51-57



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 all be...
 

Anticipation of Victory

1 Corinthians 15:47-50



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 the...
 

Lessons from Nature

1 Corinthians 15:35-46



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 perishable...
 

Perseverence

1 Corinthians 15:29-34



Dear Father, rewarder of all who diligently seek you,
Thank you for Jesus, whose life not only taught us how to live, but whose resurrection proved that you have power over death. Thank you for the assurance of resurrection, for without it we would have no reason to persevere.
His resurrection is why I believe in my own future resurrection. All my hopes are pinned on him. Were it not for this, I would live as do unbelievers, who say, "Let us eat and...
 

Everything to Everyone

1 Corinthians 15:27-28



Dear Father, my everything,
May I learn from Christ's subjection to you, for when all things are subjected to him, your Son himself will also be subject to you, the God who put all things under the Son, that you may be everything to everyone!
Our Father, increase my love for you until you become everything to me! It is almost too awesome to ask - I am afraid of so much change: May I love you like Jesus loves you!
In his name. Amen.


Ⓒ 1996-2021...
 

Look to the End

1 Corinthians 15:26



Dear Father, destroyer of every enemy,
Help me to look to the outcome, to the end of things, when Christ will deliver the kingdom to you after destroying every ruler, every authority, and every power.
Enable me to keep my eyes on his victory, for he must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet.
Motivate me to focus on the time when even the last enemy, Death itself, will be destroyed by our Lord.
In his name I pray. Amen.


Ⓒ 1996-2021...
 

Life through Christ

1 Corinthians 15:21-23



Dear Father, worthy God,
You have declared that just as death came through the sin of one man, so life comes through one man's resurrection from the dead. As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ first, then at his coming we who belong to him.
Thank you, Father, for the assurance you gave by raising him up. Thank you that his resurrection is our resurrection! Thank you for this revelation of the...
 

Resurrection Hope

1 Corinthians 15:12-20



Dear Father, confirmer of truth,
Strengthen me against all that Satan and the world can bring against me. Confirm my understanding of what you did in resurrecting Jesus and what you will do in resurrecting me and all your saints.
If there is no resurrection, I know that the gospel is false, my faith is in vain, I am still in my sins, those who have fallen asleep have perished, and you have been misrepresented as having raised Jesus from the dead.
If we...
 
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