Prayers of St Paul

The prayers of Paul to the early churches are among the most intimate passages in the New Testament - raw, theologically rich, and pulsing with pastoral concern for communities he loved but might never see again. In this devotional commentary, William H. Griffith Thomas, the co-founder of Dallas Theological Seminary, unpacks nine of these remarkable prayers from Paul's letters to Thessalonica, Colossians, and Ephesus. Thomas reads with a theologian's precision and a pastor's heart, illuminating both what these prayers meant in their original context and what they demand from modern readers. He shows us Paul wrestling in real time with what he most desires for these young believers: deeper knowledge of God, stubborn love, spiritual resilience against suffering, and the strength to live worthy of the gospel. These are not abstract theological formulations but the outpourings of a man's soul, and Thomas helps readers make them their own.