Praying with Paul

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...

 

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...

 

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...

 

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...

 

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...

 

Ephesians 6:11-13



Dear Father, warrior against all evil,
May I put on the full array of battle gear that you supply that I may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil, the commander-in-chief of all evil spirits.
Help me understand that our warfare is not just against flesh and blood, against mere men. It is against the principalities, the powers, the rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual armies of wickedness in the heavenly places. It is there...

 

Ephesians 6:10-12



Dear Father, King, and Commander of the holy armies,
Though you have lifted me up to reign in the heavenly places with Christ, remind me that your armies are engaged in a fierce struggle to take earth for heaven.
Don't let me relax as if there is no war going on. This is not a time of peace. Never let me let down my guard and fail to look to my armament. May I be strong in you and in the strength of your might!
In the name of Jesus, the faithful...

 

Ephesians 5:25-33



Dear Father,
Help me to be the good husband that you want me to be. Help me to love my wife even as Christ loves his church, being willing to give himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
Help me to keep your command to love my wife as I love my...

 

Ephesians 5:21-6:9



Dear Father,
Help all of us who reverence Christ to be submissive to each other, even as he submitted himself to the people about him so that he could be their servant-king.
Help wives and husbands submit to each other. Help wives to be respectful. Help husbands to be loving and considerate.
Help parents and children submit to each other. Help children to obey their parents. Help parents to act in the best interest of their children, not provoking...

 

Ephesians 5:15-21



Dear Father,
Fill me with your heavenly wisdom, which involves alertness to problems and opportunities, avoidance of addictions, fullness of your Spirit, overflowing joy, and constant thanksgiving!
For your heavenly wisdom is pure, peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. And true wisdom begins with awesome reverence for you!
To you be all the glory, honor, and dominion. Forever and ever!
In the name...