Archive for June 2021
Prayer for the saints to see that the Lord Jesus’ gospel preaching was His plundering of Satan’s house
Pray that the saints would see that the Lord Jesus’ gospel preaching involved His binding of the strong man (Satan) and the plundering of his goods, his vessels (the fallen people under Satan’s usurpation), for the kingdom of God (Matt. 12:29; Luke 11:21-22).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to see the Lord Jesus’ work of freeing man from Satan’s usurpation
Pray that the saints would see that the Lord Jesus in His gospel service frees human beings from Satan’s usurpation by the Spirit of God for the kingdom of God (Matt. 12:28 and note 281; Luke 11:20; Mark 1:23-25).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to realize that the preaching of the gospel is a warfare
Pray that the saints would realize that the preaching of the gospel, which delivers men out of the power and kingdom of Satan, is a spiritual warfare (Josh. 6:1-5; Acts 26:18; 2 Tim. 2:3).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to rise up to sow the seed of Christ into people regularly according to a schedule
Pray that the saints would rise up to sow the seed of Christ into people, not just occasionally but regularly according to a schedule, giving the Lord at least three hours each week for contacting people and distributing gospel tracts to sow the seed of the gospel (Eccl. 11:6; 1 Cor. 15:58; cf. Matt. 24:45-46).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to have an interest in people that they may sow the seed of Christ into them
Pray that the saints would have an interest in people, love people, like to talk to people, and rise up to contact people, always grasping the opportunity to sow the seed of Christ into them (John 4:9-11, 13-14; Acts 8:29-35).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to contact people in a spirit of prayer with endurance, praying for people by name
Pray that the saints would contact people in a spirit of prayer with endurance, praying for those whom they know specifically by name (Rom. 1:9; Eph. 1:16; 1 Thes. 1:2-3).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to sow the gospel seed by proclaiming the word in season and out of season
Pray that the saints would be urgent to sow the gospel seed, being ready to proclaim the word in season and out of season (2 Tim. 4:2a; Eccl. 11:1-6; Isa. 55:10-11).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to realize that their sowing the gospel seed is to sow God’s word that conveys God’s life into people
Pray that the saints would realize that their sowing the gospel seed is their sowing of God’s word that conveys God’s life into people’s spirit for their regeneration (Mark 4:14, 20, 33; Acts 8:4; James 1:21 and note 211; 1 Pet. 1:23 and note 232).
Read MorePrayer for peoples’ hearts to be the good earth for the seed of Christ
Pray that the saints would realize that the seed of Christ is sown through the gospel into human hearts and would pray for people’s hearts to become the good earth to receive the gospel seed (Matt. 13:18-23; 5:3, 8; John 4:36-37).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to see that proclaiming the gospel is a sowing of the seed of Christ to bring in the kingdom of God
Pray that the saints would see that their proclaiming of the gospel of God is their sowing of the seed of Christ into people to bring in the kingdom of God (Mark 1:14-15; 4:3 and notes 31, 32; 4:26 and note 263).
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