Posts by josh.olson
Prayer for the Lord to gain people from the local population in each city where He sends the saints
Pray that the Lord would burden the saints in every city to be desperate with Him to gain the increase from the local population, especially the students, so that there will be a greater potential for the Lord’s testimony in the future (John 15:16; 1 Cor. 9:16-17, 22-23).
Read MorePrayer that the Lord would raise up a strong testimony of His recovery in the Bible Belt
Pray that the saints would be burdened by the Lord to raise up a strong testimony of the Lord’s recovery in the southeastern and south-central regions of the United States, which compose the Bible Belt, from North Carolina to Arizona (Acts 1:8; 8:4-5; 1 Thes. 1:8).
Read MorePrayer to break through the three layers of obstacles to the Lord’s recovery in the United States in order to gain the proper increase
Pray that the Lord would gain the proper increase for His recovery in the United States and that the saints would overcome the three blockades to the proper increase in this country—worldliness, the opposition, and the denominations—in order to gain people for the Lord’s recovery (1 John 2:15-16; Rom. 12:2; Acts 4:31; 1 Cor. 1:10).
Read MorePrayer for the Lord to use the United States for the spreading of His recovery
Pray that the Lord would preserve the United States so that He may fully use this country for His recovery and for the spreading of His recovery (Matt. 24:14; Acts 1:8).
Read MorePrayer for the Lord to use the United States for the perfecting of the one new man
Pray that the Lord would use His recovery in the United States for the perfecting of the one new man that God intends to have in His economy (Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:10-11).
Read MorePrayer for the Lord to preserve and use the United States for the preparation of His bride
Pray that the Lord would continue to preserve the United States for the preparation of His bride and that the saints would bear their responsibility to live Christ, to have Christ as the reality, the real contents of the church life, so that the Body life may reach the reality of Romans 12 as the…
Read MorePrayer to be equipped to fight against God’s enemy through pray-reading the Word
Pray that the saints would pray-read the Word in spirit in such a way that it becomes a weapon, a sword, within them, equipping them to defeat God’s enemy, slay the self, and build up the Body that the Lord may gain the victory (Eph. 6:17-18; cf. Heb. 4:12).
Read MorePrayer to be daily nourished through pray-reading for the growth of the Body
Pray that the saints would be daily nourished and cherished by the Lord in His word through the practice of pray-reading the Word in order to grow as the members of Christ’s Body with the riches of Christ embodied in His living word to become His fullness, His living testimony (Jer. 15:16; 1 Tim. 4:6;…
Read MorePrayer to enjoy Christ in an intimate way by mingling the reading of the Word with prayer
Pray that the saints would learn to daily enjoy the Lord in an intimate way by mingling the reading of the Word with prayer by exercising their spirit (Psa. 119:147; John 20:22; 1 Cor. 12:13b; Lam. 3:55-56).
Read MorePrayer to sense the Word with the spirit and pray according to this sense
Pray that the saints would learn to read and pray the Word in their spirit, using their heart to love the Word and their spirit to contact and sense the Word and pray according to their inner sense (Psa. 119:140, 103; Eph. 6:17-18).
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