Disciplined for Service
2 Timothy 2:1-7 Dear Father, Make me strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Help me pass your word on to others who also will share it. Help me take my share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ. Help me avoid “civilian” entanglements that would dilute my loyal obedience to Christ, […]
Entrusted with Faith
2 Timothy 1:11-14 Dear Father, Give me great faith. Help me know whom I have believed and absolutely know that you are able to guard until that Day what I have entrusted to you and what you have entrusted to me. Thank you for the salvation and holy calling that you have given me. This […]
Entrusted with Truth
2 Timothy 1:9-14 Dear Father, Thank you that Jesus abolished death and brought life and immortality to life through the Good News. Help us be true to this message, to teach it and preach it. Help us follow the pattern of sound words which have been given us in the faith and love which are […]
Empowered to Serve
2 Timothy 1:3-10 Dear Father, seer of my inmost thoughts, Give me a clear conscience in my service to you. Then fill my mouth with prayers to you as I intercede for those I love. Let my contacts with them be sources of great joy for all of us. Let the sincere faith of our […]
The Good Fight of Faith
1 Timothy 6:20-21, 11-16 Dear Father, invisible and immortal God, Guard me that I may guard what you have entrusted to me. Help me to avoid the godless talk and vain reasonings of “knowledge,” (which is not real knowledge) lest I miss the mark as regards the faith. Give me the courage and strength to […]
A Sure Foundation
1 Timothy 6:17-19 Dear Father, May we learn to be content and not to seek material riches. Let not our craving for riches cause us to wander away from the faith and pierce holes in our own hearts. Help those who have an abundance of this world’s goods to not be haughty nor to put […]
Taking Hold of Eternal Life
1 Timothy 6:12-15 Dear Father, LORD of all lords, Enable me to take hold of the eternal life to which I was called when I made the good confession before many witnesses. Help me keep your commands until the appearing of our LORD Jesus Christ, which you will bring about in your own time. O […]
Godly Gain
1 Timothy 6:1-10 Dear Father, whose truth is gentle, Help us to find a heart to serve you, even in oppressive circumstances. Grant that our religion may not be a ground of conceit. May we not love controversy, but rather avoid wrangling and contention. Help us witness to your truth to others, but let it […]
Caring Hearts, Working Hands
1 Timothy 5:1-22 Dear Father, Help me treat everyone in your family appropriately and with great respect: older men like fathers, older women like mothers, younger men as brothers, younger women as sisters. Give us such caring hearts in our immediate families that we will take care of widows, orphans, the sick, and the troubled. […]
Setting a Good Example
1 Timothy 4:11-16 Dear Father, May we never lessen our commitment to you because someone criticizes us. Instead, let us set an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Encourage us to busy ourselves with the reading of Scripture, with preaching and teaching. Help us not to neglect whatever gifts we […]