Four Prison Prayers of Paul

By Phil Pringle

The apostle Paul exemplified the power of prayer even in the most unlikely of places - prison. He modelled spiritual leadership by caring for people through his prayers. Follow Paul's journey by reading his recorded prison prayers from his letters to the Ephesians, Colossians, and Philippians. This book will help you to pray effectively for your family, friends, and colleagues. Prayer will transform your life, as well as the situations for which you are praying.

• Language: English
• Publisher: PaX Ministries Pty Ltd
• Release date: May 14, 2024
• ISBN: 9789813300040

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Four Prison Prayers of Paul

Four Prison

Prayers of Paul

PHIL PRINGLE

Four Prison Prayers of Paul by Phil Pringle

Published by PaX Ministries Pty Ltd ABN No: 97 003 162 392

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Cover Art by Phil Pringle.

Cover Design by Ashleigh Meyer, Bark & Bear.

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked MSG are taken from The Message, copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers.

Scripture quotations marked HCSB are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Used by Permission HCSB ©1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 Holman Bible Publishers.

Scripture taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version ®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

Words in capitals, in bold or in scripture quotations are the emphasis of the author.

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International Standard Book No (ISBN) 9798864042601 (paperback) | 9789813300040 (eBook)

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1 The Ephesians Prayers – Part One

Different Prayer Forms

2 The Ephesians Prayers – Part Two

3 The Colossians Prayer

4 The Philippians Prayer

Acknowledgments

No book any of us read arrives without many hands bringing it to birth. Big thanks to Theresa Thalacker my EA who oversaw the entire journey of this great little book from start to finish. Thanks to my ever loving Chris, who picks up on all I missed in the edits when she does final proofs. Thanks also to Megan Gilbert for proofing grammar and spelling.

Foreword

Welcome to my small book on Paul’s prayers from his letters in prison. Writing in commentary form, similar to how I preach, we will travel through Scripture verse by verse, sharing meditations and studies.

These studies changed my prayer life, thus changing me.

The most