"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 JesusChrist." — Acts 26:18"Prayer is not the least you can do for someone, prayer is the most you can do for someone." — Billy Graham"Prayer is the foundation for fulfilling the Great Commission... the battle for the nations will be won on the knees of God's people. The strongholds of Satan will be broken down and the kingdom of God extended only through our prayers." — Dr. Jerry Rankin , SBC Intl. Missions Board"I am always deeply conscious that I am absolutely helpless and that only the Holy Spirit can penetrate the minds and hearts of those that are without Christ. All I am doing is sowing seed. It is God - and only God - who can make the seed bear fruit ... We stress that prayer is an indispensable element in preparation for a crusade, and we seek to organize in advance as many prayer meetings as possible. It is the mightiest force in the world." — Billy Graham , "Just As I Am"Lee Thomas, author of "Praying Effectively for the Lost": "Nobody gets saved unless someone prays. God has given us the ministry of reconciliation. We have one weapon- the Word of God. The lost are prisoners of war that don't know they are lost. Prayer can do what nothing else can do. When we pray, we break demonic strongholds. We must give ourselves to prayer -passionately, fervently, and consistently."
Father, hear us as we ask You to rescue the lost from the domain of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of Your Son. You alone can draw and enable them. You alone can send Your Holy Spirit with power to convict them of the sin in their life and their need to repent and believe in Your truth--that Jesus is the only way to You, that He alone is the way, the truth and the life.
Father, we ask you to forgive the sins of the lost. We come in Jesus' name to demolish the strongholds in their minds that those sins have allowed. We come in the authority of Jesus' name to overcome the power of the enemy in their lives, to ask You to bind evil spirits away from them in the name of Jesus and the blood of the Lamb through the word of our testimony.
We come against the blinding of their minds and ask that You send someone to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light; help us to be willing to go. Father, don't let their hearts be hardened, but open their hearts to receive Your truth. Rip away any veil that covers their hearts, any false teaching that confuses their minds. Help them to hear your Word with power and conviction as the Word of God and not the word of man. Give them understanding, so that Satan will not be able to steal Your Word from their hearts.
Father, help them see their need for a Savior, to know they must confess their sins, repent and believe--or they perish. Help them choose Your mercy and Your gift of faith, to believe with their hearts and confess with their mouths, Jesus is Lord. We ask in Your will, that not any should perish. In Jesus' name, amen.
(http://www.learntopray.org/print_materials/messages/d16/d16-20.htm)
 | Bruce MacPherson |
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