Archive for August 2020
Prayer to see that true prayers are God speaking His words within man and through man
Pray that the saints would see that true prayers are God speaking forth His words from within them and through them, and that such prayers issue from His moving within them, from the Holy Spirit coming to them and explaining God’s intention to them (John 15:7; 16:13-14; 6:63; cf. James 5:17 and note 171).
Read MorePrayer for the saints’ intercession to be God’s speaking in their speaking
Pray that the saints would learn to practice the proper intercession such that their intercession would be God’s speaking in their speaking (Gen. 18:33a).
Read MorePrayer for the saints’ intercessory prayers to express God’s desire and carry out His will
Pray that the saints would learn to pray the intercessory prayers that both express God’s desire and carry out God’s will (Gen. 18:17; 19:27, 29; Matt. 6:9-10).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to intercede by challenging God according to His righteous way
Pray that the saints would learn to intercede for God’s people by challenging God according to His righteous way (Gen. 18:23-25; Psa. 89:14a).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to learn to intercede according to God’s heart
Pray that the saints would learn to intercede not merely according to the outward word of God but according to the inward intention of God’s heart (Gen. 18:22; cf. Rom. 8:26-27).
Read MorePrayer for the saints’ intercession for God’s people
Pray that the saints, having received God’s revelation, would learn to intercede for God’s people (Gen. 18:23; 19:29).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to learn to intercede according to God’s revelation
Pray that the saints would learn to pray prayers of intercession according to God’s revelation (Gen. 18:17, 20-21).
Read MorePrayer for the saints’ response to God’s need for an intercessor
Pray that the saints would be deeply impressed with God’s need for an intercessor and take up the burden to intercede with Him for His people (Isa. 59:16; 1 Tim. 2:1, 3-4, and note 12).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to “blow the trumpets,” to open their mouths to declare the victory of Christ, that the enemy may be fully defeated
Pray that the saints would learn to “blow the trumpets of rams’ horns,” to declare the victory of the cross, the victory of the victorious One, and to proclaim Christ—the Christ they enjoy, the Christ who is the Conqueror over every foe (Josh. 6:6, 10, 20; 2 Cor. 10:4-5).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to learn to praise the Lord with the high praises—praises out of the experience of Christ
Pray that the saints would learn to praise the Lord with the high praises out of their experience of Christ, with praises that match the element and standard of Psalm 68 (vv. 1, 4, 11-12; 149:6-9).
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