Posts by josh.olson
Prayer for the saints to see their need to come to the full knowledge of the truth
Pray that the saints would see their need to come to the full knowledge of the truth for the proper testimony of the church and the spread of the Lord’s recovery (1 Tim. 2:3b-4; Titus 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:15; Eph. 1:13).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to pick up the Lord’s burden to care for people
Pray that the saints would go to the Lord to spend time with Him, to consecrate themselves anew to Him, to be dealt with by Him in His presence, and to receive His burden to care for and shepherd people, even picking up a burden for some specific persons to pray for and care for…
Read MorePrayer for the saints to be shepherds according to God’s heart with the intimate concern of a ministering life
Pray that the saints would be constituted by the Lord to be shepherds according to God’s heart and would care for others with the intimate concern of a ministering life (Jer. 3:15; 2 Cor. 7:2-7 and notes 31 and 62).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to shepherd others according to God
Pray for the saints to become God in life, nature, expression, and function (but not in the Godhead) so that they may shepherd others according to God (1 Pet. 5:2a and note 24; 2 Pet. 1:4a; 1 John 4:16; Eph. 5:8; 1 Pet. 1:15-16; 2 Cor. 5:21).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to be shepherds with the loving and forgiving heart of our Father God and the shepherding and seeking spirit of our Savior Christ
Pray that the saints would be constituted by the Lord to be shepherds with the loving and forgiving heart of our Father God in His divinity and the shepherding and seeking spirit of our Savior Christ in His humanity (Luke 15:4, 8, 11-13, 17-20).
Read MorePrayer concerning God’s recovery by life through His shepherding
Pray that in all the churches the Lord would carry out His recovery by life through His shepherding, searching for His sheep and seeking them out, bringing them into Himself as the reality of the good land, feeding them with His riches, giving them inward rest, and binding up and healing the brokenhearted and sick…
Read MorePrayer for the saints to experience and enjoy Christ as their Shepherd
Pray that the saints would experience and enjoy Christ as their Shepherd—as the good Shepherd, the pneumatic Shepherd, the Shepherd and Overseer of their souls, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and the eternal Shepherd (John 10:10-11; Psa. 23:1-2; 1 Pet. 2:25; Heb. 13:20-21a; Rev. 7:17).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to take the shepherding way to preach the gospel and revive the church
Pray that the saints would receive the burden to participate in Christ’s wonderful shepherding and to take the shepherding way to preach the gospel and revive the church (John 21:15-17).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to set aside a weekly time with their vital companions for the purpose of contacting and gaining people
Pray that the saints would set aside a weekly time with their vital companions for the purpose of contacting and gaining people (Luke 10:1-2; Acts 13:2; 15:40; 16:29-31; Gal. 6:1; James 5:19-20).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to set aside a weekly time to pray with their vital companions for their work of contacting people
Pray that the saints would set aside a weekly time to pray with their vital companions for their work of contacting people, studying their cases and fellowshipping about them (Matt. 18:18-20).
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