Daily Prayer - How can they believe?

Good Wednesday morning, my friends.

 

A few days ago I sent out a prayer for "unsaved" (pre-Christian) friends.  It prompted a very thoughtful response which questions if the church is fulfilling both the Great Commandment (love God, love others) AND the Great Commission (tell everyone about Him).  Here is part of the message:

Church had become just a series of pretty songs and pretty sermons.  Everything we do is within the church to help us become more godly, closer to Jesus, grow in our faith.  Something feels radically wrong.  We know we are saved by the blood of Jesus.  Our futures are assured.  We are heaven bound.  But what about our family and friends. Evangelization is what is missing in our churches.  We have great revivals with wonderful music and speakers and it lifts us and makes us feel great.  But, does it bring new people to the love and knowledge of God?

"I".  "We".  "Us".  "Our".  What about "They"?

 

Romans 10:14 says "How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?"

 

How do we get the message out to this who are not coming into the church to hear Christ preached?  How do we reach our family and friends so that we spend eternity with them???

 

Prayer is our greatest weapon in this battle.  Let's resolve to each lift up one unsaved person to God every day.  Pray that God would remove the veil from their heart and they would see the Truth.  Pray that we or someone else would would have the opportunity and courage to speak that Truth to them.

 

 

Grace and peace be yours in abundance,

Bruce

 

We pray to the Lord of the harvest: "Father, We are asking You to send laborers across their path, laborers who are equipped with the Word of God about salvation, the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, healing and deliverance. Send laborers who can communicate effectively with them so Your Word can reach their heart."

Father, we come before You in prayer and in faith, believing. Your Word says that You desire all to be saved and come into the knowledge of the truth, so we bring our loved ones before You

now. 2 Peter 3:9

We bind up the power of Satan and his assignments & activities in their lives in the Name of Jesus. Now, while Satan is bound, I ask that You send forth the perfect laborers to share the good news of the gospel in such a way that they will listen and nderstand it. As the truth is ministered, we believe you will open their eyes to the gospel and they will come out of the snare of the devil and make Jesus Lord. Matthew 18:18, 9:37-38; 2 Timothy 2:26

Father, I ask that You fill them with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. As we intercede in their behalf, we believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is activated, and from this moment on, we shall praise and thank You for their salvation. We are confident that You are alert and active, watching over Your Word to perform it. It will not return to You void. It will accomplish that which You please and prosper in the thing whereto it was sent. Jeremiah 1:12; Isaiah 55:11

Therefore, our confession of faith is, "God has begun a good work in their life and He will perform it and bring it to full completion until the day of Jesus Christ, in Jesus' Name." Philippians 1:6

(http://www.victoryint.org/index.php?/Scriptural-Prayers-to-Pray/Prayer-for-Unsaved-Family-Members.html)

 

 

 

Bruce MacPherson

macpherson@celtic.ca / Blog: The Celtic Christian / Home: 613.489.4174 Cell: 613.720.0821

 

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