Colossians 1:5-8Dear Father, God and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ,Thank you for the fruit your Word is bearing throughout the whole world.Thank you that this gospel, the word of truth, has power to touch human hearts today even as at the beginning. Let its fruit grow among us.Let all your faithful ministers stir us up to more fruit-bearing. Let us grow in the Holy Spirit.Give us a deep passion, LORD, to fill our lives with faith, hope, and love.Give a holy longing for the Holy Spirit to guide everything we do.In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2025 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.

Colossians 1:3-5Dear Father, God and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ,We thank you for every brother and sister, young and old, who has faith in our LORD Jesus Christ and who is learning to love all your saints because of the hope that is laid up for us in heaven.Thank you for letting us hear about this abiding faith, hope, and love in your word.Thank you that your Word was proclaimed to us.In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2025 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.

Philippians 4:11-13Sovereign LORD of all things, Abba, dear Father,I will not complain of want, for I have learned in whatever condition I am to be content. I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound.In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and want. I can do all things through you, the God who strengthens me!Holy God, Abba, Father, you are my all-sufficient strength, and throughout eternity you will be everything I need or want!In the name of Jesus, for whom you were everything, and who taught me also to let you be my everything! Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2025 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.

Philippians 4:11-13Sovereign LORD of all things, dear Father,How aware I am of my mortality! All flesh is like grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades . . . but your word, O God, will stand forever! I will not say that my way is hidden from the LORD, or that you, my God, have disregarded my rights.Don't I know? Haven't I heard? You, LORD, are the everlasting God, the Creator of the most distant parts of earth. You do not grow faint or get tired and your understanding is unsearchable.You give power to me when I faint. When I feel I have no energy, you increase my strength. Because I wait on you, LORD, you shall renew my strength. I shall mount up with the wings of eagles. I shall run and not be weary, I shall walk and not faint.In the name of Jesus, for whom you were everything, and who taught me also to let you be my everything! Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2025 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.

Philippians 4:7-11Dear Father, victorious deliverer,May I be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on rule-keeping but that which is through trust in Christ, the righteousness of God that depends on trust, that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that if possible, I might attain the resurrection of the dead.O God, let me obtain it! Let me be awake! Let me put on the armor of light! Let me put on the LORD Jesus and his righteousness, and be found in him! Let me trust, obey, even suffer, in order to have the victory!In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.Ⓒ 1996-2025 Heartlight, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in part or whole for commercial use without written consent. Heartlight appreciates Eldon Degge and Meridian Publishing for permission to make this available on our website. Praying with Paul is also available as a book.