18 Things to pray for your church
Have you ever been reading your Bible and noticed how Paul prays such rich, kingdom-saturated prayers for churches? For the church in Thessalonica: “To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power” ( 2 Thess. 1:11 ; see also 1 Thess. 1:9–13 ). For the church in Colossae: “We have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” ( Col. 1:9–10 ). For the church in Ephesus: “I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him” ( Eph. 1:16–17 ; see also 3:14–21). For the church in Rome ( Rom. 15:14–