Prayer

Jun
1

Abba-Prayer For The Touch Of Father-God

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    All of us at some time need to crawl up on Papa's lap. At those times, we understand best what it means to come to Him as little children. Pray this prayer when you are feeling small, unloved, and overwhelmed. Receive it for yourself. Pray it any time that you ... Continue

Jan
7

Men’s Dishonor

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    "Men's Dishonor" — Romans 1:24-25   Dear Father, to whom all honor and glory is due, How sad that some would choose to dishonor themselves rather than to honor you. When they do so, you give them up to their own dishonorable passions. Women exchange natural relationships for unnatural. The men likewise give up ... Continue

Jan
7

Men’s Improper Conduct

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    "Men's Improper Conduct" — Romans 1:26-31 Dear Father, judge of all, How awful is your judgment. When men do not acknowledge you as God and do not live by your teachings, you give them up to base minds and improper conduct. Then they become filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. ... Continue

Dec
26

Relationships

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    "Relationships" — Colossians 3:18-4:1 Dear Father, May Christian wives and husbands relate to each other as is fitting in the Lord, with subjection and kindness. May children obey their parents and may parents not provoke the children. May we work at our jobs in ways which will put honoring you above trying to please someone. Whatever ... Continue

Dec
16

Discerning, not Deceived

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    "Discerning, not Deceived" — Colossians 2:4-7   Dear Father, my rock, Help me to think clearly with discernment. Keep me from being taken in by the beguiling speech of deceivers. Give me great joy in manifesting good order in my conduct and being absolutely firm in my faith. As I received Christ Jesus as the Lord, ... Continue

Dec
12

You Made Endurance Possible

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    "You Made Endurance Possible!" — Colossians 1:23 Dear Father, Help me to continue in the faith by holding on to what you have given and by being stable and steadfast. Don't let anything move me away from the hope of the Good News which I heard, which was proclaimed throughout the whole creation under ... Continue

Dec
8

Time to Pray

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    "Time to Pray" — Ephesians 6:18-19 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 ... Continue

Dec
8

Love and Trust

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    "Love and Trust" — Ephesians 6:23-24 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 ... Continue

Dec
8

Setbacks into Stepping Stones

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    "Setbacks into Stepping Stones" — 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. ... Continue

Dec
8

To Live Is Christ

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    "To Live Is Christ" — 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 ... Continue

Dec
8

Undivided, Indivisible

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    "Undivided, Indivisible" — Philippians 2:1-2 Dear Father, One God of your one holy people, Help me never to be a party to any division within the body of Christ. Let me be perfectly united in mind and heart with all others who follow you. Help me not to be some kind of -ite, -ist, ... Continue

Dec
8

One in Spirit

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    "One in Spirit" — Philippians 2:3-11 Dear Father, One God of your one holy people, Help all of us to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility help us count each other better than ourselves. May we look out for the interests of each other, not just our own. Let ... Continue

Dec
8

Fear and Trembling

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    "Fear and Trembling" — Philippians 2:12-13 Dear Father, Help me to obey your word, not only in the presence of other followers of Christ but even more when they are absent, when there's no one there but me. Be with me as I work out my salvation with fear and trembling, lest I should ... Continue

Dec
8

A Brilliant Star

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    "A Brilliant Star" — Philippians 2:14-18 Dear Father, Help me do what is needed without complaining or arguing, so that I may be blameless and pure. Let me be your child without fault, a child of God, in a crooked and perverse generation. Let me shine like a brilliant star in the night skies of ... Continue

Dec
8

The Ultimate Loyalty

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    "The Ultimate Loyalty" — Philippians 2:19-3:7 Dear Father, Help me to be a Timothy, one who genuinely cares for the welfare of others. Help me look out not just for my own interests, but for Christ's. Help me to be an Epaphroditus, a true fellow worker and fellow soldier to all others who serve you, ... Continue

Dec
8

A Precious Promise

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    "A Precious Promise" — Philippians 3:8 Dear Father, Keeper of all your promises, You have promised: "Be faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of life." Thank you for such a precious promise! You are so gracious to me! Help me to count everything as loss for the surpassing worth of ... Continue

Dec
8

To Know Christ

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    "To Know Christ" — Philippians 3:10-14 Father, I want to do this because I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection, and be allowed even to share in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that if possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Dear Father, I know ... Continue

Dec
8

Living from the Future

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    "Living from the Future" — Philippians 3:15 Father, May the motivations of my life come from the future you have appointed for me rather than from the past I have lived. Let every one of my fellow Christians be mature in this matter too, along with me. If I, or they, are lacking in any ... Continue

Dec
8

A Citizen of Heaven

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    "A Citizen of Heaven" — Philippians 3:16-21 Dear Father, I want to join all your holy people in imitating the example of your apostle Paul, and I want to take notice of people in my own time who live by the same example. Thank you, my God, that my citizenship is in heaven, from ... Continue

Dec
8

My Joy and Crown

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    "My Joy and Crown" — Philippians 4:1 Dear Father, Help me to stand firm in the Lord, not only for my own sake but because I am someone's joy and crown, the object of their love and longing. May I reach out to others to call them to follow the example Christ. Let them ... Continue