Archive for September 2020
Prayer for the saints to overcome the factors that hinder them from migrating
Pray that the Lord would deliver the saints from their disposition, preference, lack of desire to migrate, and any other factor that hinders them from migrating, so that they would be able to follow the Lamb wherever He may go (Acts 1:8b; 8:1b; Rev. 14:4b).
Read MorePrayer for all the saints in the churches to be complete Christians who both come and go
Pray that all the saints in the churches would be complete Christians who both come to the Lord to receive grace and go forth to be the Lord’s witnesses unto the uttermost part of the earth (Matt. 11:28; John 7:37; Matt. 28:19; Acts 1:8).
Read MorePrayer for the planting of “church trees” for the spread of the testimony of Jesus
Pray that the saints in the churches in the United States would pick up and carry out the burden to bring the church as a tree to every city, town, and village and plant churches there for the spread of the testimony of Jesus throughout this country (Rev. 1:10-12, 20).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to labor in a personal, regular way for the increase of the church
Pray that all the saints would make a strong decision to labor in a personal way for the increase of the church, scheduling their time for the weekly preaching of the gospel and doing this regularly, constantly, and continuously by making a budget of their time (John 15:16; Eph. 5:15-16; Hag. 1:8 and note 81).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to rise up to be energizing priests, making the preaching of the gospel part of their daily life
Pray that the saints would rise up to fulfill their daily duty, becoming energizing priests of the gospel in going out with Christ and with His divine authority to visit their relatives, friends, classmates, colleagues, and neighbors with much prayer, making the preaching of the gospel a part of their daily life (Rom. 15:16; Matt.…
Read MorePrayer for all the saints to follow Paul’s pattern of a priest of the gospel in his three steps of offering
Pray that the saints would be enlightened by Paul’s pattern of being a priest of the gospel and would rise up to practice their gospel priesthood according to his three steps of offering (1 Tim. 1:16; Rom. 15:16; 12:1; Col. 1:28-29).
Read MorePrayer for all the saints to see that they are priests of the gospel of God
Pray for the saints to be enlightened by the Lord to see that they are all New Testament priests of the gospel in a corporate priesthood, and for them to be energized by Him to carry out their daily duty of offering up saved sinners as the spiritual sacrifices that God desires (Rev. 1:5b-6a; Rom.…
Read MorePrayer for the saints to take the practical way to be vitalized
Pray that the saints would take action to be vitalized by being stirred up in the best love for the Lord through repenting prayers, by practicing to fellowship with the Lord and with the seeking saints to gain companions for their labor, and by reconsecrating themselves to the Lord in being transformed by the renewing…
Read MorePrayer for the saints to see their desperate need to be made vital to gain the increase for the church
Pray that the saints would be enlightened by the Lord to see their barren condition and their desperate need to be made vital—living and active—to gain remaining fruit for the increase and building up of the church, the Lord’s Body (Rom. 12:11; 15:16; John 15:16).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to be personally revived every morning
Pray that the saints would be deeply impressed with their need to be revived every morning and take the step to practice a personal morning revival with the Lord as the base for their daily vital living (Psa. 119:147; Prov. 4:18 and note 181; Lam. 3:22-24; Mark 1:35; Hab. 3:2b and note 21).
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