Praying with Paul

Philippians 2:12-13​

Dear Father,
Help me to obey your word, not only in the presence of other followers of Christ but even more when they are absent, when there's no one there but me.
Be with me as I work out my salvation with fear and trembling, lest I should ever think that I have earned it. After all, it is you, dear God, who is at work within me, both causing me to do your good purpose and to purpose your good deeds.
In the name of Jesus, our star of hope. Amen.

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Philippians 2:3-11​

Dear Father, One God of your one holy people,
Help all of us to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility help us count each other better than ourselves.
May we look out for the interests of each other, not just our own.
Let our attitude be the same as was in Christ Jesus, who made himself nothing and obeyed you, our Father, even in the matter of dying.
Help me humbly and obediently to exalt Jesus, even as you have exalted him and...

 

Philippians 2:1-2​

Dear Father, One God of your one holy people,
Help me never to be a party to any division within the body of Christ. Let me be perfectly united in mind and heart with all others who follow you.
Help me not to be some kind of -ite, -ist, or -anian. Keep me from misplacing my loyalties with this person or that!
Christ, of whom I am part, is not divided. He is of one mind. So let me and all his people be together and in agreement.
Let us be like-minded, having...

 

Philippians 1:20-26​

Dear Father,
Fill us with courage so that Christ will be honored in our bodies, whether by life or by death.
For us to live is Christ, to die is gain!
Grant that our manner of life may be worthy of the Good News of Christ.
Help us to stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the Good News, not frightened in anything by our opponents.
Grant that we may not only believe in Christ, but that we shall also be willing to suffer...

 

Philippians 1:12-20​

Dear Father,
Take the setbacks of our lives and use them to further the proclamation of your Good News about Jesus to the world.
Let such things become a source of encouragement to our brethren when they see the valor of those who bear up under adversity. May every hardship spur your people on to boldly speak your word without fear!
Even when your word is proclaimed for the wrong reason, we rejoice, for your word of salvation is nevertheless proclaimed...

 

Philippians 1:3-11​

Dear Father,
Thank you for the great joy I feel about my fellow believers. Thank you for the partnership we have in your Son Jesus. Thank you that we are common partakers of your grace. Give us all the grace to yearn for each other with the affection of Christ.
Help our love to abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that we may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruits of...

 

Ephesians 6:23-24​

Dear Father,
May your peace-in-the-midst-of-war be with all my brothers and sisters throughout the world. May you and the Lord Jesus fill them with love and with full and effective trust in you. May your unfailing favor be with all who love our Lord Jesus with an undying love.
Father, I do love the Lord Jesus with unfailing love. Let me never outlive it.
In the name of Jesus and by his authority I ask for victory against everything that stands in opposition to...

 

Ephesians 6:18-19​

Dear Father,
May I fill my time with prayer and entreaties to you. Help me to keep alert for prayer. And to keep on, and keep on, and keep on.
I offer supplications for your holy soldiers everywhere, especially those who preach your word. Give them the words and the boldness they need to publish openly the secret of your Good News about Jesus and his resurrection victory!
In the name of Jesus and by his authority I ask for victory against everything that...

 

Ephesians 6:17-18​

Dear Father, my resource for everything,
Help me make full use of your spiritual resources given to me.
Help me destroy evil through the power of your word, the power of your Holy Spirit.
Help me be a prayer warrior, for it is through prayer that you empower your soldiers.
So help me to stand - by right belief, by right thinking, by right living, by right praying.
Help me to pray at all times in the Spirit.
In the name of Jesus and by the power of his Spirit I...

 

Ephesians 6:14-17​

Dear Father, my support in battle,
Help me stand, having put on my body the garments of TRUTH and the bullet-proof vest of the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS, having put on my feet the combat boots of PREPARATION IN THE GOOD NEWS OF PEACE, and besides these, having taken in hand the shield of TRUST IN GOD. (I feel like I need a gas mask of DISCERNMENT to protect me from the poison of Satan's propaganda.) Give me the wisdom that comes with the helmet of SALVATION and...