Praying with Paul

Philippians 3:15



Father,
May the motivations of my life come from the future you have appointed for me rather than from the past I have lived.
Let every one of my fellow Christians be mature in this matter too, along with me.
If I, or they, are lacking in any way, please disclose this to us, and change us!
Help us hold true to what we have already attained. Don't let us throw this away!
In the name of our Lord Jesus I ask these things and pray that you will grant us a...

 

Philippians 3:10-14



Father,
I want to do this because I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection, and be allowed even to share in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that if possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Dear Father, I know that I have not made this my own yet, but one thing let me do: Let me forget what lies behind and strain forward to what lies ahead. Help me to keep pressing forward toward the goal so that I may win...

 

Philippians 3:8



Dear Father, Keeper of all your promises,
You have promised: "Be faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of life." Thank you for such a precious promise! You are so gracious to me!
Help me to count everything as loss for the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus as my Lord. For his sake I would gladly suffer the loss of all things - at least I hope I would - and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him.
Father...

 

Philippians 2:19-3:7



Dear Father,
Help me to be a Timothy, one who genuinely cares for the welfare of others.
Help me look out not just for my own interests, but for Christ's.
Help me to be an Epaphroditus, a true fellow worker and fellow soldier to all others who serve you, risking my life for you.
Help me to be one of the true circumcision, who worship you in spirit, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh.
Help me turn my back on all earthly...

 

Philippians 2:14-18



Dear Father,
Help me do what is needed without complaining or arguing, so that I may be blameless and pure.
Let me be your child without fault, a child of God, in a crooked and perverse generation.
Let me shine like a brilliant star in the night skies of your universe, as I hold out the word of life.
Make me a source of pride to those who led me to the Lord, so that they may know that their efforts were not in vain.
Let me rejoice together with all...

 

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...

 

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.

Ⓒ...

 

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...

 

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...

 

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...