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...

 

2 Timothy 3:10-17



Dear Father,
Help me adhere to right teaching, proper conduct, the right aim in life and faith. Help me hold on patience, love, and steadfastness, even when I am opposed and persecuted for doing so. When evil people and impostors go from bad to worse, keep me from giving up in the face of their persecution and opposition.
May I continue in what I have learned and firmly believe, knowing that your Word is able to instruct me for salvation through faith...

 

2 Timothy 3:1-9



Dear Father, Savior,
Undergird me with your grace during the days of stress that are present in these last times.
Keep me from going in the direction that people of the world are going. Don't let me be a lover of self, a lover of money, proud and arrogant, abusive, disobedient to parents. Don't let me be ungrateful, unholy, inhuman, implacable, a slanderer, profligate, fierce, a hater of good, treacherous, reckless. Don't let me be swollen with conceit, a...

 

2 Timothy 2:22-26



Dear Father,
Help me to escape evil passions and to aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with all who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
Give me the wisdom to avoid stupid, senseless quarrels and controversies. Help me to be kind and forbearing toward everyone, teaching and correcting with gentleness any who may oppose your doctrine.
My God, grant those who are estranged from you in mind to be persuaded by the truth and turn in...

 

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...

 

2 Timothy 2:14-21



Dear Father, firm foundation,
Help me to avoid disputes about words, which does no good, but merely ruins the hearers.
Help me do my best to present myself to you for your approval, a workman who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling your word of truth.
Your firm foundation stands sure, bearing a seal which says two things: "The Lord knows those who are his." "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."
You in your sovereign...

 

2 Timothy 2:11-13



Dear Father, ever faithful God,
Thank you for my Savior, Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, as preached in the gospel of your grace. Help me endure all things for the sake of that glorious message. May my words and deeds be a clear witness. May I endure everything for the sake of your elect, that they may obtain salvation and eternal glory.
Thank you that I have died with Christ and will also live with him. May I endure, so I might also reign with you...

 

2 Timothy 2:1-7



Dear Father,
Make me strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Help me pass your word on to others who also will share it.
Help me take my share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ. Help me avoid "civilian" entanglements that would dilute my loyal obedience to Christ, my commander.
Help me be a disciplined athlete for you. Help me to be a hard-working farmer who tills in your vineyard, patiently waiting for the harvest that comes from you.
In the...

 

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...