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Prayer to practice receiving the Lord’s word for prayer
Pray that the saints would daily practice two steps in receiving the Lord’s word—first, receiving the Lord’s word from the Bible richly into them, and second, receiving that word explained by the Spirit, obtaining the Lord’s word richly from the Spirit—being inspired and receiving the Lord’s word in the spirit (Col. 3:16; 2 Tim. 3:14-17;…
Read MorePrayer to know the coming of the Lord’s word in its two stages
Pray that the saints would know the coming of the Lord’s word in two stages—first, knowing the words in the Scriptures by letting the Lord’s word in the Scriptures dwell in them richly, and second, knowing the words of the Spirit by letting the Spirit mingle Himself with the words in the Scriptures so that…
Read MorePrayer 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).
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