I'm guessing you're like me when it comes to praying for
others.
Sometimes, you feel led to pray for people but you just don't know how or what to pray.
I have found that it is helpful to pray the scriptures.
In Philippians 1:9-11, we learn how a great spiritual leader, Paul, prays for a church he planted. Why not try praying this prayer for someone in your circle of influence for the next week or so? Pray with expectancy. And watch what God does. Write down how God answers.
Here is the prayer put together from multiple versions. Simply pray one phrase as it's written and then, to keep this from becoming vain repetition, pray that phrase in your own words to God.
Here's a prayer we put together from several versions of the Bible. What if you prayed this for someone for the next 7 days?
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Father in Heaven, I humbly come before You to pray for __________.
May his/her love flourish. May his/her love keep on growing more and more.
Give __________ an ability to love well with knowledge, understanding, discernment, and wisdom.
Help him/her make right choices, choose the best, and approve what is excellent.
I pray that __________ will grow in purity and blamelessness to be ready for the return of Christ.
Fill his/her life with good deeds – with the fruits of righteousness – that come through Jesus.
May __________ truly live a life that will bring much glory and praise to God.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
***
(A prayer based on Philippians 1:9-11 using phrases from the English Standard Version, the Message, the New Living Version, God’s Word Translation, Contemporary English Version, and the New Century Version.)
Question: How do you find the words to pray for someone when the words are hard to find?
Sometimes, you feel led to pray for people but you just don't know how or what to pray.
I have found that it is helpful to pray the scriptures.
In Philippians 1:9-11, we learn how a great spiritual leader, Paul, prays for a church he planted. Why not try praying this prayer for someone in your circle of influence for the next week or so? Pray with expectancy. And watch what God does. Write down how God answers.
Here is the prayer put together from multiple versions. Simply pray one phrase as it's written and then, to keep this from becoming vain repetition, pray that phrase in your own words to God.
Here's a prayer we put together from several versions of the Bible. What if you prayed this for someone for the next 7 days?
***
Father in Heaven, I humbly come before You to pray for __________.
May his/her love flourish. May his/her love keep on growing more and more.
Give __________ an ability to love well with knowledge, understanding, discernment, and wisdom.
Help him/her make right choices, choose the best, and approve what is excellent.
I pray that __________ will grow in purity and blamelessness to be ready for the return of Christ.
Fill his/her life with good deeds – with the fruits of righteousness – that come through Jesus.
May __________ truly live a life that will bring much glory and praise to God.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
***
(A prayer based on Philippians 1:9-11 using phrases from the English Standard Version, the Message, the New Living Version, God’s Word Translation, Contemporary English Version, and the New Century Version.)
Question: How do you find the words to pray for someone when the words are hard to find?
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