Praying With Paul

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Praying With Paul
by Eldon Degge, Heartlight Magazine
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A Clean Life

Passage

Ephesians 5:6-7

Prayer

Dear Father, Don't let me be deceived by the empty words of worldly people. It is because of these things that your wrath will come upon the sons of disobedience. Father, if I have to stand alone, so be it! Let me stand for you if the whole world stands against you! Don't ever let me forget your commands or forsake you. In the name of Jesus I ask for the purity of mind and spirit that was in him. Amen.

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Standing in the Light

Passage

Ephesians 5:7

Prayer

Dear Father, Keep me from being silent when your cause is threatened by evil people, even though I and my family and the people I care about may perish. May I stand with courage, for you are able to raise deliverance from another quarter. And if I perish, I perish. May I not take part in any way in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. In the name of Jesus, the holy Light of mankind. Amen.

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Walking in the Light

Passage

Ephesians 5:6

Prayer

Dear Father, Help me not to be deceived by empty but high-sounding words that cloak the intent of wickedness. I know that it is because of these flauntings that your wrath comes upon the sons of disobedience. Help me not to walk with such people, to think like them, or to behave like them. Let me walk in the light, with the children of light, for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true. May I learn to do only those things which are pleasing to you. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Living in the Spirit

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Ephesians 5:15-18

Prayer

Dear Father, Help me to be careful about how I live. May I behave not as an unwise person but as a wise one. Help me make the most of every opportunity, because the days of this age are evil. I don't want to be foolish. I want to understand what the will of the Lord is. May I never use or abuse alcohol or drugs, which would lead to an undisciplined and wasted life. Instead, let me be drunk with your Spirit. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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Speaking in the Spirit

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Ephesians 5:15-20

Prayer

Dear Father, Help me speak to my spouse, my family, your church, and the world about you and your grace. Let my heart and my mouth overflow with the music of praise - psalms and hymns and spiritual songs - as I sing and make melody in my heart to the Lord. Fill me with constant thanksgiving to you for everything. In the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.

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Living in Wisdom

Passage

Ephesians 5:15-21

Prayer

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 of Jesus our Lord. Amen.

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Submission

Passage

Ephesians 5:21-6:9

Prayer

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 them. Help employers and employees submit to each other. Help employees render the work for which they are paid. Help employers to be fair, to show kindness. Help all your people everywhere to live even as Jesus did. In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

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Good Spouses

Passage

Ephesians 5:25-33

Prayer

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 own body. Empower me to love her as I love myself. Help me to live in such a way as to help her in her attempt to be holy before you. May I always support, encourage, comfort, and nourish her for her good. In the name of Jesus, the one husband of the church. Amen.

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Strong in Christ

Passage

Ephesians 6:10-12

Prayer

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 warrior, I pray. Amen.

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Equipped for Battle

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Ephesians 6:11-13

Prayer

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 that they do battle against my soul, against you and your Son, against the heavenly armies, and against all your holy people. Therefore let me take up all the equipment which you have given me, that I may be able to withstand Satan's hordes in the evil day, and having done everything you want me to do, to stand! In the name of Jesus, the forger of our armor, I pray. Amen.

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Prepared to Fight

Passage

Ephesians 6:14-17

Prayer

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 SALVATION and the zeal to take up the assault weapon of the SPIRIT, THE SPOKEN WORD OF GOD. With all these in place, let me stand my ground . . . and fight! In the name of Jesus, the forger of our armor, I pray. Amen.

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Spiritual Resources

Passage

Ephesians 6:17-18

Prayer

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 Spirit I seek your face. Amen.

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Time to Pray

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Ephesians 6:18-19

Prayer

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 that stands in opposition to your will, our eternal good. Amen.

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Love and Trust

Passage

Ephesians 6:23-24

Prayer

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 opposition to your will, our eternal good. Amen.

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Participants

Passage

Philippians 1:3-11

Prayer

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 of righteousness that come through Jesus Christ, to your glory and praise! In the name of Jesus we ask. Amen.