Seven readings to help you pray with Scripture open before you.
Read each passage in its setting. Make room to consider what it says before answering the question. The suggested response is a starting point for prayer and faithful action.
1. The Father who sees
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Read the whole passage. What does Jesus say the Father already knows?
Bring one actual concern to the Father in plain words.
2. Learning from Christ
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What do the disciples ask Jesus to teach them? Consider how His answer directs their confidence.
Ask Christ to teach you to pray and help you receive His instruction.
3. Prayer with thanksgiving
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Notice the place of thanksgiving and the thoughts Paul asks believers to consider.
Name what troubles you, then give thanks for mercies you have received.
4. Abiding in Christ
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Read prayer alongside abiding, Christ’s words, love and obedience.
Ask for a life that bears the fruit described in the passage.
5. Intercession for others
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Who does Paul ask the Church to remember?
Pray for people beyond your immediate circle and for those carrying public responsibility.
6. Help in weakness
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Consider hope, weakness and the Spirit’s help within the whole paragraph.
Bring a matter you find difficult to express and trust God with what you cannot explain.
7. Continue in prayer
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Notice watchfulness, thanksgiving, gospel opportunity and wise conduct.
Pray for a gospel worker and for wisdom in your own conversations.