Praying with Paul

1 Corinthians 15:35-46



Dear Father, rewarder of all who diligently seek you,
Thank you for the lessons in nature that teach truths about your kingdom. Help me to learn from these examples so that I might understand more about you. Just as bare kernels of grain sown in the ground do not germinate and become plants unless they first "die," so too my old nature must die before your new life can germinate in me. And so it is with the resurrection of believers. We are...

 

1 Corinthians 15:29-34



Dear Father, rewarder of all who diligently seek you,
Thank you for Jesus, whose life not only taught us how to live, but whose resurrection proved that you have power over death. Thank you for the assurance of resurrection, for without it we would have no reason to persevere.
His resurrection is why I believe in my own future resurrection. All my hopes are pinned on him. Were it not for this, I would live as do unbelievers, who say, "Let us eat...

 

1 Corinthians 15:27-28



Dear Father, my everything,
May I learn from Christ's subjection to you, for when all things are subjected to him, your Son himself will also be subject to you, the God who put all things under the Son, that you may be everything to everyone!
Our Father, increase my love for you until you become everything to me! It is almost too awesome to ask - I am afraid of so much change: May I love you like Jesus loves you!
In his name. Amen.

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1 Corinthians 15:26



Dear Father, destroyer of every enemy,
Help me to look to the outcome, to the end of things, when Christ will deliver the kingdom to you after destroying every ruler, every authority, and every power.
Enable me to keep my eyes on his victory, for he must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet.
Motivate me to focus on the time when even the last enemy, Death itself, will be destroyed by our Lord.
In his name I pray. Amen.

Ⓒ 1996-2018...

 

1 Corinthians 15:21-23



Dear Father, worthy God,
You have declared that just as death came through the sin of one man, so life comes through one man's resurrection from the dead. As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ first, then at his coming we who belong to him.
Thank you, Father, for the assurance you gave by raising him up. Thank you that his resurrection is our resurrection! Thank you for this revelation of...

 

1 Corinthians 15:12-20



Dear Father, confirmer of truth,
Strengthen me against all that Satan and the world can bring against me. Confirm my understanding of what you did in resurrecting Jesus and what you will do in resurrecting me and all your saints.
If there is no resurrection, I know that the gospel is false, my faith is in vain, I am still in my sins, those who have fallen asleep have perished, and you have been misrepresented as having raised Jesus from the dead...

 

1 Corinthians 15:1-11



Dear Father, God of the living,
Thank you that Christ's revelation of himself within my soul as Lord of my life and as the living Spirit of truth and holiness testifies that he is not dead but alive forevermore.
Thank you that he lives in my heart.
By your grace, and by my faith in what you did, I am what I am. The resurrection is preached and I believe it. Thank you, Father! Thank you that I don't have to believe that death ends it all either for...

 

1 Corinthians 15:5-10



Dear Father, God of real history,
Thank you for the testimony of eyewitnesses who saw Christ alive after his crucifixion: Cephas, the twelve, more than five hundred brethren, and James. Thank you for the testimony of the apostles and for Paul.
I am grateful that I am not following cleverly devised myths, but the reality of history! I believe their testimony! And yours!
In the name of Jesus I come, thanking you for your resurrection power and asking...

 

1 Corinthians 15:1-4



Dear Father, God of the living,
Thank you for the Good News that Jesus Christ, your Son, is risen from the dead. Thank you that by it I am saved and in it I stand, if I hold it fast - unless I believed in vain - which I did not.
Thank you for the important message we received - that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, - thank you, Lord! - that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance to the Scriptures...

 

1 Corinthians 14:26-33



Dear Father, God of intelligibility and peace,
When we come together and each of us has something to contribute, may everything be done to build up the body. Let us do things one by one, or by pairs or triplets at most, so that all may learn and be encouraged.
For you, our God, are not like the pagan gods, a god of confusion and hysteria, but are a god of peace. Let us honor you by doing things decently and in order.
Submitting to your commands of...