Praying with Paul

Philemon 17-25​

Father of mercy,
Holy God and Father, have mercy and show kindness to those who are in bondage - those who are in prison, those who are enslaved to other people, and those who are enslaved to self and to sin.
Teach us to show genuine hospitality to each other, never keeping score or grumbling, understanding that you, Father, are freely entertaining us in your house, the earth, and feeding us at your table with its bounty. Fill our hearts with love for our...

 

Philemon 1-16​

Dear Father, bestower of freedom,
Thank you for the love and the faith which you have put in your people. Please help them share this with each other and with the world. Let this promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ Jesus. Put such joy in our hearts and such gladness on our faces that people will want to know what makes us happy.
Help each of us to render such help and comfort, expressing our love, that the hearts of all your holy people...

 

Colossians 4:12-18​

Dear Father,
Help us to remember each other earnestly in our prayers.
Help us to stand mature and to be fully assured in your will.
Help us encourage one another to carry our assigned works to completion.
Help us fulfil whatever ministry we have received in the Lord.
Help us to remember those who are in prison, and those who suffer in any way for your service.
May your perfect grace sustain and keep all of us.
In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.

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Colossians 4:7-11​

Dear Father,
Give us caring hearts when it comes to our fellow servants in Christ. May we carry the news of them to each other for the sake of building each other up.
Stir us up to work hard for the kingdom of God and to encourage each other in all facets of our labor.
Show us ways that we can encourage each other in our struggles and comfort each other in our sufferings.
In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.

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Colossians 4:2-6​

Dear Father, grantor of wisdom,
Help me conduct myself wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.
Let my speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, and may I always know how to answer.
Help me and all your saints to show ourselves to be a people who live life to the fullest, because we live in the fullness of your love shown in Jesus Christ!
In the name of Jesus I ask you to fill our lives with your holy life and to claim all our motives and...

 

Colossians 4:2-6​

Dear Father, who answers our prayers,
Help me to be steadfast in my praying to you, even to stay awake that I may pray!
Fill my life with thanksgiving to you.
O God, I pray for all your servants everywhere that you may open a door for us to proclaim your Word, to declare the now-public secret - Christ crucified, glorified, and coming - and to make the message clear, as we ought to speak.
In the name of Jesus I ask you to fill our lives with your holy life and...

 

Colossians 3:18-4:1​

Dear Father,
May Christian wives and husbands relate to each other as is fitting in the Lord, with subjection and kindness.
May children obey their parents and may parents not provoke the children.
May we work at our jobs in ways which will put honoring you above trying to please someone.
Whatever our tasks, help us to work heartily, serving you.
Help us all to treat each other fairly in all our relationships.
In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.

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Colossians 3:15-17​

Dear Father,
Let Christ's peace rule in our hearts. Let us be at peace in his one body. Fill our hearts and mouths with overflowing thanksgiving.
Let Christ's word dwell in us richly. Let us teach and admonish each other in all wisdom.
Let us impart grace through the songs flowing from thankful hearts.
May we do everything, whatever it is, in the name of our Lord Jesus.
We give thanks to you, our God and Father, through his name. Amen.

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Colossians 3:12-14​

Dear Father,
Grant that we may clothe ourselves with Christ, for he is a garment of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness and patience, forbearance and forgiveness.
Above all, clothe us with his love, which will bind us together in perfect harmony.
In the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Colossians 3:5-10​

Dear Father,
Let me live in the light of your truth about myself - that my old nature has been put off, with its baggage of practices, and that I have put on a new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
Help us to make no distinctions regarding origins, heredity, or traditions, but to see Christ in all believers.
Help us to let Christ be in us, to transform and renew every fiber of our being and of our relationships.
In...