Praying with Paul

Romans 1:18-23



Dear Father, to whom all honor and glory is due,
How sorry I am that men do not honor you as their God and King! It is to their loss and to their hurt, but it insults you! They wickedly suppress the truth. Through creation, you have shown them plainly what can be known about you, so they are without excuse. Although they know of you, the true God, they do not honor you as God or give thanks to you as God. Their thinking is futile and their senseless minds...

 

Romans 1:16-17



Dear Father,
Help us never to be ashamed of the Good News but to have great pride in it, since it is your power of salvation for everyone, the Jew first, then the non-Jew.
In it you revealed your righteousness from one degree of faith to another. As your prophet Habakkuk declared, "The just shall live by faith."
Grant me, Father, to be filled with faith and to show it in my faithfulness. In fact, I am able to live every day by my trust in you! I am...

 

Romans 1:8-15



Dear Father,
Thank you in Jesus Christ for every devoted Christian whose faith is proclaimed abroad. I thank you that they are a strength to me. Help me be a strength to them. May our mutual sharing of faith be a rich spiritual blessing from you.
Help all of us to realize that we are under obligation to explain our faith to the learned and unlearned, the cultured and the backward, the wise and the foolish, everyone!
Fill us to overflowing with an eagerness...

 

Romans 1:1-4



Dear Father, who commissioned the Good News to all nations,
Thank you that through Christ we have received grace and been commissioned to spread the Good News everywhere to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, including our own.
Thank you that we here in our country are also called to belong to Jesus Christ. May the grace and peace that comes from you, our Father, and from Jesus be showered upon all of us who...

 

Romans 1:1-4



Dear Father, who commissioned the Good News to earth,
Thank you for the Good News for planet Earth which you promised through your prophets in the Holy Scriptures.
We love you for giving us this Good News about your Son, who, though he was descended from King David according to the flesh, was designated your Son, the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness, by his resurrection from the dead.
We exult in thanksgiving for Jesus Christ, holder...

 

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...

 

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...

 

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...