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Christian ministers » Prayer for, encouraged
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant enough, but the reapers are few. So pray to the owner of the harvest to send reapers to gather it."
And he said to them, "The harvest is abundant enough, but the reapers are few. So pray to the owner of the harvest to send reapers to gather it.
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I beg you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the love that the Spirit inspires, join me in most earnest prayer to God for me. Pray that I may escape from those in Judea who are disobedient, and that the help I am taking to Jerusalem may be well received by God's people, so that, if it is God's will, I may come with a glad heart to see you and enjoy a visit with you.
You must help me by your prayers, so that many will give thanks to God on my behalf for the blessing granted me in answer to many prayers.
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Use every kind of prayer and entreaty, and at every opportunity pray in the Spirit. Be on the alert about it; devote yourselves constantly to prayer for all God's people and for me, that when I open my lips I may be given a message, so that I may boldly make known the secret of the good news, for the sake of which I am an envoy, and in prison. Pray that, when I tell it, I may have the courage to speak as I ought.
for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all this will turn out for my highest welfare,
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Be persistent in prayer and wide awake about it when you give thanks. Pray for me too, that God may give me an opening for the message, and let me tell the secret of Christ on account of which I am kept in prison until I can make clear to the authorities why I cannot help telling it.
Brothers, pray for us.
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Now, brothers, pray for us, that the Lord's message may spread rapidly and gloriously as it did among you, and that we may be saved from unjust and wicked men; for not everybody has faith.
And get ready to entertain me too, for I hope that I shall be restored to you, in answer to your prayers.
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Pray for me, for I am sure I have a clear conscience, and I mean in every way to live an upright life. I ask this of you more especially that I may be brought back to you the sooner.
Duty toward the Afflicted » To pray for them
So Peter was kept in the jail, but the church was praying earnestly to God for him.
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for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all this will turn out for my highest welfare,
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These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news.
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fruit of the Spirit » Joy
And you followed the example set by us and by the Lord, for though our message brought you great trouble, you welcomed it with joy inspired by the holy Spirit,
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But what difference does it make? All that matters is that, in one way or another, from false motives or honest ones, Christ is being made known; I am glad of that. Yes, and I expect to be glad, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all this will turn out for my highest welfare,
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Ministers
You must help me by your prayers, so that many will give thanks to God on my behalf for the blessing granted me in answer to many prayers.
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for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all this will turn out for my highest welfare,
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Tact » Paul » In turning the preaching of his adversaries to advantage
so that you may have a sense of what is vital, and may be men of transparent character and blameless life, in preparation for the Day of Christ, with your lives filled with the fruits which uprightness produces through Jesus Christ, to the honor and praise of God. Now I want to assure you, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually resulted in furthering the preaching of the good news. read more.
Thus it is generally known throughout the Imperial Guard and elsewhere that it is for the sake of Christ that I am in prison, and so most of the Christian brothers have been exceedingly encouraged by my example to declare God's message without any fear of the consequences. Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will. These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news. But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear. But what difference does it make? All that matters is that, in one way or another, from false motives or honest ones, Christ is being made known; I am glad of that. Yes, and I expect to be glad, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all this will turn out for my highest welfare, for I eagerly and confidently hope that I shall never disgrace myself but that this time as always hitherto, living or dying, I shall do Christ credit by my unfailing courage. For, as I see it, living means Christ and dying something even better. But if living on here means having my labor bear fruit, I cannot tell which to choose.
Thus it is generally known throughout the Imperial Guard and elsewhere that it is for the sake of Christ that I am in prison, and so most of the Christian brothers have been exceedingly encouraged by my example to declare God's message without any fear of the consequences. Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will. These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news. But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear. But what difference does it make? All that matters is that, in one way or another, from false motives or honest ones, Christ is being made known; I am glad of that. Yes, and I expect to be glad, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all this will turn out for my highest welfare, for I eagerly and confidently hope that I shall never disgrace myself but that this time as always hitherto, living or dying, I shall do Christ credit by my unfailing courage. For, as I see it, living means Christ and dying something even better. But if living on here means having my labor bear fruit, I cannot tell which to choose.