A Prayer based around Philippians 1:18-2:11

Posted on June 22, 2025 
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Here’s a prayer based around Philippians 1:18-2:11 –

Our dear loving heavenly Father,

We come to you with much thankfulness today.

In Philippians, we are amazed to hear again of the lengths to which you have gone to secure our salvation – even though it is totally undeserved – in any way – by us.

Your beloved Son, who – from eternity past – enjoyed glorious fellowship with you and the Holy Spirit, stepped down from his place in heaven.

We thank you that he came as a servant – he took upon himself human flesh and became one of us.

Yet – amazing as that was – he did not stop there.

We thank and praise you that he humbled himself in his obedience to you – even to the point of death – death on a cross – so that we could be saved.

Please help us to be like Jesus – living in humility – putting others first, so that they can hear the gospel.

Please unify us in that great cause of seeing men and women come to Christ.

May our manner of life be worthy of the gospel.

After the Lord Jesus died and rose again, you highly exalted him and bestowed on him the Name that is above every name.

We thank you that one day soon – every knee will bow before him and every person will acknowledge that he is Lord, to your honour and glory.

But our heart’s desire is that men and women everywhere would bow the knee to Jesus in this time, before the judgment day, honouring him as Lord and Saviour – for we know that will bring you even greater glory.

In that light today, we pray for the 90 million people of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

We certainly pray for peace – and for wisdom for the world leaders as they make decisions in these days.

Yet, while many are focussed on the international conflict, we know that there is a deeper spiritual battle taking place in Iran, for the eternal destiny of men and women.

And so we pray for the small but growing number of followers of the Lord Jesus in that country – and for the underground house churches.

Please help them – in the midst of danger and uncertainly and much persecution – to lovingly speak of Jesus without fear.

And please give their hearers open ears and hearts.

And right here in Australia, please help us to likewise speak, so that many of our friends and relatives will glorify you as they willingly and joyfully acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord.

And we ask all these things in his mighty name. Amen.