Praying with Paul

Galatians 6:9-10​

Dear Father, just yet merciful God,
May I not become weary in doing good but rather work diligently, energetically, and enthusiastically, keeping in mind the rich harvest you will send at the proper time. Don't ever let me give up on doing good or give up on you. And God, don't ever give up on me!
As I have opportunity, let me do good to everybody, especially to those in my family of fellow believers.
In the name of Jesus I ask these things. Amen.

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Galatians 6:7-8​

Dear Father,
Keep me from sowing seeds from my sinful nature, for I do not want to reap the crop they will produce. May I not invest my time, money, or desires in the deceitful things of this world. For then I will reap destruction.
Help me rather to sow to the Spirit, to please you. Help me to put my time, money, and desires into proper thinking and righteous living so I will reap everlasting life.
In the name of the infinitely generous Jesus I ask these...

 

Galatians 6:6-10​

Dear Father, holy unscornable God,
Don't let me be deceived, my God, for I know that no one can mock you with impunity. For whatever a person sows that is what the person will reap. Those who sow to the flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but those who sow to the Spirit will reap eternal life.
I want to reap eternal life, Father. Help me always to sow to the Spirit!
Help me never to tire of doing good, for in your own due season I will reap. Let me never...

 

Galatians 6:1-5​

Dear Father, lifter of our heavy loads,
Fill my heart with love for my brothers and sisters in Christ. If someone is overtaken in some misdeed, help me to assist in restoring that person, in a spirit of gentleness. Let me watch out for myself, lest I also be tempted.
Help all of us to bear one another's overloads, and so fulfil the law of Christ. But help us not to deceive ourselves, thinking we are something when we are really nothing.
Let each one of us test...

 

Galatians 5:22-26​

Dear Father, grower of spiritual fruit,
Let the fruit of the Spirit blossom, mature, and ripen in my life: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these. Let me possess them!
Since I belong to Christ, I have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Let me live by the Spirit. Let me walk by the Spirit!
Let me show no self-conceit, give no provocation, have no envy toward...

 

Galatians 5:19-21​

Dear Father, opposer of all that is evil,
Help me to stay away from those things which are clearly works of the flesh: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like.
Help me heed your warning, given again and again, that people who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
In the name of Jesus I ask you to perfect us...

 

Galatians 5:16-18​

Dear Father, giver of your Spirit,
Help me to walk by the Spirit and not gratify the desires of my flesh. For the desires of my flesh are opposed to the desires of my spirit and to the desires of your Spirit for me. These things set up an opposition within me to keep me from doing what I want. But thank you for letting me know that if I live by the Spirit I do something different than just live by the rules of the law, that in fact I am not under law.
In the...

 

Galatians 5:13-15​

Dear Father, guardian of the free,
May we never use freedom as a pretext for evil or as an excuse for indulging sinful desires.
Rather, grant that we, out of love, will make ourselves servants to one another. For the Lord has taught us that the whole law is fulfilled in the one saying, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Keep us from "biting" and "devouring" one another, lest we be consumed by one another. Encourage and enable me and all my brothers...

 

Galatians 5:7-12​

Dear Father, guarantor of freedom,
Help me to run well! Help me not to be hindered from obeying the truth! Don't let me be persuaded by a viewpoint that is not from you, the God who called us to freedom in Jesus!
A little leaven leavens the whole lump! Help me keep out even a pinch of "slavery" type thinking and religiosity that worships human will.
For to preach circumcision (law-keeping as a means of justification), is to remove the stumbling block of the...

 

Galatians 5:1-6​

Dear Father, guarantor of freedom,
Christ died to set all people free - if they will accept it! As for me, Father, I accept it and intend to live by it.
Help me always to stand fast and never submit to a yoke of slavery! Help me to live in freedom from sin and to help other people see that to espouse rule-keeping is a form of slavery, a falling away from the grace of Christ. For it is through the Spirit, by faith, our trust in you, that we wait for the hope of...