Archive for July 2021
Prayer for the saints to see the importance of the Lord’s table in carrying out God’s move so that they will earnestly keep it
Pray that from the type of the Passover the saints would see the importance of the Lord’s table in carrying out God’s move and would be encouraged to earnestly keep this weekly feast (1 Cor. 11:23-26; cf. Num. 9:1-5).
Read MoreReport and request for prayer on behalf of the churches in Indonesia
Dear saints in the churches in the United States: The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of the frailty and uncertainty of our human existence, while at the same time affording us the opportunity to enter into the practical application of the reality of the Body of Christ. As of July 10, 2021, the number of…
Read MorePrayer for the saints to labor and endeavor consistently and persistently, not expecting quick results
Pray that, according to the divine operation in them, the saints would take the way of laboring and endeavoring consistently and persistently, undeterred by obstacles, not disappointed by setbacks, and not expecting quick results (Col. 1:28-29 and note 281; Acts 20:20, 31; Eph. 4:11-13).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to shepherd people out of love for them, an interest in them, a burden for them, and adequate prayer for them
Pray that the saints would shepherd people out of love for them, an interest in them, a burden for them, and adequate prayer for them, practicing to write down their names, praying for their spiritual welfare constantly, visiting them regularly, bringing them to home meetings, and establishing them in the church life (Rom. 1:9; Col.…
Read MorePrayer for the saints to travail in birth over their spiritual children until Christ is formed in them
Pray that the saints would follow the pattern of the apostle in learning to travail in birth over their spiritual children until Christ is formed in them (Gal. 4:19).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to foster the new believers as a nursing mother and as an exhorting father
Pray that the saints would follow the apostle’s pattern to foster the new believers as a nursing mother cherishes her own children and as a father exhorts, consoles, and testifies to his own children (1 Thes. 2:6-8, 11).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to follow the apostle Paul’s pattern in boasting in those gained, perfected, and built up through him
Pray that the saints would follow the pattern of the apostle Paul, who boasted in those who had been gained, perfected, and built up through him (2 Thes. 1:3-4; Phil. 2:16-17; 2 Cor. 9:2; 1:14).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to consider their spiritual children as their hope, joy, crown, and glory
Pray that the saints would follow the apostle’s pattern in considering the ones saved and nurtured by them as their hope, their joy, their crown of boasting, and their glory (1 Thes. 2:19-20 and note 201; Phil. 4:1).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to have a burden, an interest, and a care for people in order to gain them
Pray that the saints would have a burden, an interest, and a care for people in order to gain them as the Lord’s increase, and that the saints would bring this matter to the Lord and ask Him to infuse them with His heart for people (1 Thes. 2:1, 7-8; Phil. 4:1).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to learn to turn people from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God
Pray that the saints would learn to preach the gospel as the apostle Paul did, turning people from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God that they might be transferred into the kingdom of God (Acts 26:18; Col. 1:12-13).
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