Praying with Paul

2 Timothy 1:11-14​

Dear Father,
Give me great faith. Help me know whom I have believed and absolutely know that you are able to guard until that Day what I have entrusted to you and what you have entrusted to me.
Thank you for the salvation and holy calling that you have given me. This was not in virtue of my goodness but in virtue of your own purpose and grace. This is what you gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago and have now manifested in the appearing of Christ upon earth.
In...

 

2 Timothy 1:9-14​

Dear Father,
Thank you that Jesus abolished death and brought life and immortality to life through the Good News. Help us be true to this message, to teach it and preach it. Help us follow the pattern of sound words which have been given us in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
Grant that we may guard the truth you have entrusted to us by the Holy Spirit which you have caused to dwell within us.
In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.

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2 Timothy 1:3-10​

Dear Father, seer of my inmost thoughts,
Give me a clear conscience in my service to you. Then fill my mouth with prayers to you as I intercede for those I love. Let my contacts with them be sources of great joy for all of us. Let the sincere faith of our mothers and fathers and other relatives take root in us and grow.
Whatever gift you have given me, help me rekindle it every day and fan it into a flame of service and love for you.
Help me live boldly for...

 

1 Timothy 6:20-21, 11-16​

Dear Father, invisible and immortal God,
Guard me that I may guard what you have entrusted to me. Help me to avoid the godless talk and vain reasonings of "knowledge," (which is not real knowledge) lest I miss the mark as regards the faith.
Give me the courage and strength to flee from all wickedness and to pursue instead righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. Help me fight the good fight of faith.
In the name of Jesus and to...

 

1 Timothy 6:17-19​

Dear Father,
May we learn to be content and not to seek material riches. Let not our craving for riches cause us to wander away from the faith and pierce holes in our own hearts.
Help those who have an abundance of this world's goods to not be haughty nor to put their confidence in riches. Help us to set our hearts upon you, the living God, who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy.
Help us all to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal and...

 

1 Timothy 6:12-15​

Dear Father, Lord of all lords,
Enable me to take hold of the eternal life to which I was called when I made the good confession before many witnesses. Help me keep your commands until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which you will bring about in your own time.
O God, the blessed and only ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see - to you be honor and might...

 

1 Timothy 6:1-10​

Dear Father, whose truth is gentle,
Help us to find a heart to serve you, even in oppressive circumstances.
Grant that our religion may not be a ground of conceit. May we not love controversy, but rather avoid wrangling and contention. Help us witness to your truth to others, but let it always be done in a spirit of gentleness and truth-seeking.
May none of us be guilty of using anything connected with our faith as a means of worldly gain. Help us to accept the...

 

1 Timothy 5:1-22​

Dear Father,
Help me treat everyone in your family appropriately and with great respect: older men like fathers, older women like mothers, younger men as brothers, younger women as sisters.
Give us such caring hearts in our immediate families that we will take care of widows, orphans, the sick, and the troubled. Give us such caring hearts in your church that we shall supply whatever is lacking in families.
Let us give honor to our elders appropriate to their...

 

1 Timothy 4:11-16​

Dear Father,
May we never lessen our commitment to you because someone criticizes us. Instead, let us set an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Encourage us to busy ourselves with the reading of Scripture, with preaching and teaching. Help us not to neglect whatever gifts we have from you. Help us use every resource you have given us to serve fruitfully in your kingdom, that we may be saved and that others may come to a saving...

 

1 Timothy 4:6-10​

Dear Father,
Make us diligent athletes who exercise our spiritual bodies, recognizing that while physical exercise has some profit, godliness is of value in every way, because it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
We have set the hope of our hearts upon you, our Father, the living God, the Savior of all men, most especially of us who have put our trust in you. We do believe in you. Please use our hope and faith as a springboard to...