Philippians 4:4-7Dear Father, forbearing God,Let me rejoice in the LORD always! Again I ask this from you: Let me rejoice always!Let me be gentle, open to reason, slow to make negative judgments.Let this forbearing spirit be apparent to everyone.I know the LORD Jesus is near, so I have no reason to be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, let me present my requests to you.I believe in you, Father, a God who transcends all human understanding.I believe that the peace which comes from you, which transcends all understanding, will keep my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus.In the name of the ever-near Jesus. 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 4:1Dear 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 become my joy and crown, the objects of my love and longing.Especially, Father, let me influence my family - spouse, children, in-laws, grandchildren - to walk in your way and to long for your day.I love them dearly and long for their salvation. Draw them to your heart of love.In the name of Jesus I ask these things. 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 3:16-21Dear 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 which I wait the return of my Savior, the LORD Jesus Christ.Thank you, Father, that he will come to change my lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him to subject all things to himself.In the name of Jesus I ask these things. 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 3:15Father,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 way, please disclose this to us, and change us!Help us hold true to what we have already attained. Don't let us throw this away!In the name of our LORD Jesus I ask these things and pray that you will grant us a spirit of perseverance unto eternal life. 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 3:10-14Father,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 that I have not made this my own yet, but one thing let me do: Let me forget what lies behind and strain forward to what lies ahead. Help me to keep pressing forward toward the goal so that I may win the prize according to your will in Christ Jesus, my LORD.In his name of our LORD Jesus I ask these things and pray that you will grant us a spirit of perseverance unto eternal life. 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.