Praying with Paul

Colossians 1:5-8



Dear Father, God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thank you for the fruit your Word is bearing throughout the whole world.
Thank you that this gospel, the word of truth, has power to touch human hearts today even as at the beginning. Let its fruit grow among us.
Let all your faithful ministers stir us up to more fruit-bearing. Let us grow in the Holy Spirit.
Give us a deep passion, Lord, to fill our lives with faith, hope, and love.
Give a holy...

 

Colossians 1:3-5



Dear Father, God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
We thank you for every brother and sister, young and old, who has faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and who is learning to love all your saints because of the hope that is laid up for us in heaven.
Thank you for letting us hear about this abiding faith, hope, and love in your word.
Thank you that your Word was proclaimed to us.
In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

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Philippians 4:11-13



Sovereign Lord of all things, Abba, dear Father,
I will not complain of want, for I have learned in whatever condition I am to be content. I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound.
In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and want.
I can do all things through you, the God who strengthens me!
Holy God, Abba, Father, you are my all-sufficient strength, and throughout eternity you will be...

 

Philippians 4:11-13



Sovereign Lord of all things, dear Father,
How aware I am of my mortality! All flesh is like grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades . . . but your word, O God, will stand forever! I will not say that my way is hidden from the Lord, or that you, my God, have disregarded my rights.
Don't I know? Haven't I heard? You, Lord, are the everlasting God, the Creator of the most distant parts of earth. You...

 

Philippians 4:7-11



Dear Father, victorious deliverer,
May I be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on rule-keeping but that which is through trust in Christ, the righteousness of God that depends on trust, that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that if possible, I might attain the resurrection of the dead.
O God, let me obtain it! Let me be awake! Let me put on the armor...

 

Philippians 4:5



Dear Father, victorious deliverer,
Everything points to the fact that we live in the last days, so let me not waste time sleeping.
Salvation is nearer now than when I first believed. The night is far gone. The day is at hand.
Help me cast off all the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Let me conduct myself as becomes one of your people, not in reveling or drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling or jealousy...

 

Philippians 4:8-9



Dear Father, praiseworthy God,
Help me set my mind only on things that are true, that are noble, right, pure and lovely, things that are worthy of admiration.
If there is anything excellent or praiseworthy, O God, let me think only about such things!
Whatever I have learned or received or heard through your apostles and your word, help me to put into practice.
O God of peace, be with me in everything! I believe you will, for you have promised it.
I...

 

Philippians 4:4-7



Dear Father, forbearing God,
Let me rejoice in the Lord always! Again I ask this from you: Let me rejoice always!
Let me be gentle, open to reason, slow to make negative judgments.
Let this forbearing spirit be apparent to everyone.
I know the Lord Jesus is near, so I have no reason to be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, let me present my requests to you.
I believe in you, Father, a God who transcends...

 

Philippians 4:1



Dear Father,
Help me to stand firm in the Lord, not only for my own sake but because I am someone's joy and crown, the object of their love and longing.
May I reach out to others to call them to follow the example Christ. Let them become my joy and crown, the objects of my love and longing.
Especially, Father, let me influence my family - spouse, children, in-laws, grandchildren - to walk in your way and to long for your day.
I love them dearly and long...

 

Philippians 3:16-21



Dear Father,
I want to join all your holy people in imitating the example of your apostle Paul, and I want to take notice of people in my own time who live by the same example.
Thank you, my God, that my citizenship is in heaven, from which I wait the return of my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank you, Father, that he will come to change my lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him to subject all things to himself.
In...