Good Thursday morning, my friends.
I have a special prayer request for you today. I have been playing pick-up hockey with a great bunch of guys for many years now. The past 5 or 6 years we have been gathering for a Christmas Breakfast early in December where we collect money to help a local family or families who need some extra help. Our 2011 breakfast is after hockey tomorrow morning and this year we are adding an extra dimension. The organizers have invited ex-NHL star (former captain of the Ottawa Senators) Laurie Boschman to join us on the ice. Afterwards at the breakfast, Laurie will tell the guys a bit of his story, mixed with a few good hockey anecdotes, and will present the gospel to them!
Would you please pray that even now the Holy Spirit is preparing the soil for the seeds that Laurie will be planting tomorrow? Pray that God will "open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are being sanctified by faith in Jesus Christ." (Acts 26:18)
(Laurie now heads Hockey Ministries International, an organization that runs world-class hockey camps and provides them free to under-privileged kids. Hockey instruction is presented alongside a solid Christian gospel message. Half of what we collect tomorrow will be donated to this organization, and the other half will be used to support a local family.)
As you lift this prayer, be mindful as well of your own family and friends who do not yet know Christ. Thank you!
Amazing Grace and Eternal Peace be yours,
Bruce
Dear Heavenly Father,
We are so burdened over our unsaved loved ones. We come to you, standing in the gap, interceding for them in prayer, until they come to you for salvation.
Remind us that Jesus came to seek and save those who are lost. (Luke 19:10) He is seeking our loved ones right now, whether we see evidence of it or not. May they respond to him so they won't be lost. Because of your great love for them and your richness of mercy, make them alive with Christ, even though now they are dead in their transgressions. Draw them to be saved by your grace. (Ephesians 2:4,5)
May our prodigals come to the point where they confess with their mouths the Lord Jesus, and believe in their hearts that you raised him from the dead, and be saved. (Romans 10:9) May they be new people in Christ, with all the old lifestyles and behaviors passed away, and all things becoming new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Remind our loved ones that you are good, ready to forgive, and will have abundant mercy to all who call on you. (Psalm 86:5) Convince them that you loved the world so much that you sent your only Son. Cause them to believe in him so they will not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
Help them to know that if they confess their sins, you are faithful and just to forgive their sins, and cleanse them from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9) Though their sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. (Isaiah 1:18)
Cause them to know and believe the truth, and be set free by it. Jesus, please set them free, and they will be free indeed. (John 8:32,36)
While we are waiting for our prayers to be answered about our loved ones, keep us in perfect peace, because our mind is stayed on you and we trust in you. (Isaiah 26:3)
In the saving name of Jesus we pray,
Amen
(http://articles.faithwriters.com/reprint-article-details.php?article=796)
 | Bruce MacPherson |
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