Praying with Paul

Romans 13:8-10​

Dear Father, senior partner in my business,
Help me get completely out of debt and stay out! Let me follow your word, "Owe no man anything! . . . except to love one another."
Help me be a good steward of my business affairs. Spur me on to work smart as well as hard. Let me be very wise, even shrewd, in the way I order my business. While conserving resources, let me move forward, even taking risks when such is best.
Help me, Father, to see you as the senior...

 

Romans 13:1-7​

Dear Father, from whom all power comes,
Help me to show proper respect for the duly constituted authority of government. Help me to do what is good, that I may receive the approval of those who serve you for the enforcement of good order.
Teach me to be subject, not only to avoid the punishment of the state and to avoid your wrath, but also for the sake of my own conscience.
Give me the integrity to pay taxes to whom taxes are due, to give revenue to whom revenue...

 

Romans 12:16-21​

Dear Father, God of the lowly,
Help me live in harmony with others - without haughtiness, without conceit, willing to associate with the lowly.
Help me to repay no one evil for evil, but to take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.
As far as it depends on me, let me live peaceably with everyone.
Let me seek no revenge for myself, but leave it to your wrath, O God. Help me, Father, not to be overcome with evil, but to overcome evil with good.
In the...

 

Romans 12:9-15​

Dear Father, empowering God,
Let my love be genuine for everyone in heaven and on earth. Help me hate what is evil at all times and everywhere. Help me hold fast to what is good, the old and the new.
May I love my fellow disciples with brotherly affection. May I show them greater honor than they show me.
Let my zeal not cool. May it blaze with energy from your Spirit.
May I rejoice in hope and be patient in tribulation. Let me be constant in prayer. May I...

 

Romans 12:3-8​

Dear Father, who wills our interdependence,
Having gifts that differ, let us use them appropriately according to your will.
If prophesy, in proportion to one's faith. If service, diligently serving. If teaching, instructively teaching. If exhortation, strongly motivating encouragement. If giving, with liberal and generous contributions. If giving aid, with zeal. If acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Great Giver, give your gifts to your people through your people...

 

Romans 12:3-8​

Dear Father, who wills our interdependence,
Help me not to think more highly of myself than I ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith which you have assigned me.
I know that I am but one member in the body of Christ, and while important, no more important than any other.
For as in one body, we have many members, and all members do not have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually...

 

Romans 12:1-2​

Dear Father, dweller of my temple,
Please give me the mind of Christ and make my body a temple of the spirit of holiness which is his.
Make me holy through and through. May my whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless by your power until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I trust you to do this because you are the one who has called me, and you are faithful. Your word says that you will do it!
By the authority of Jesus and in his name I ask for this growth...

 

Romans 12:1-2​

Dear Father, all worthy God,
I present my body to you, O Lord, as a living sacrifice. May it be holy and pleasing to you.
Let this be my spiritual act of worship, not done at set times of remembrance, but constantly, moment by moment, day by day, night by night.
Let me not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world, which is doomed to pass away. Instead, let me be transformed by the renewing of my mind, so that I may be able to test and approve what your...

 

Romans 11:33-36​

Dear Father,
How great your mercy is! How deep your riches and wisdom and knowledge are! How unsearchable are your judgments! How inscrutable your ways!
No one can know your mind totally! No one can be your counsellor! No one can give you a gift! Because from you and through you and to you are all things!
May my faith never falter, my belief never fail. Continue your process of reconciliation among all your people, Jews and Gentiles.
In the name of Jesus Christ...

 

Romans 11:17​

Dear Father, king of banquets,
May I enter your halls wearing the appropriate garment, the righteousness of Jesus Christ, not that of my own making. The false righteousness of adherence to man-made rules is a worthless covering. Only the true righteousness of belief in your Son will make my appearance acceptable to you.
Grant me true humility. If I boast, let it be about you. Let my pride be in what you have done for me, not in what I make of myself.
In the name of...