Many matters require the church’s prayer. The items of prayer listed below are offered as a help to focus and enrich the prayer of the saints and of the churches. They are not meant to be restrictive or exhaustive, nor are they meant to be legally adopted. In the end, it is the Spirit who intercedes for us, in us, and through us according to God and His will. The intercessors’ responsibility is to be one spirit with the Lord and one mind with Christ to discharge the inner burden with Spirit-inspired utterances. In light of the current world situation, let us persevere in prayer with a strong spirit.
Pray that the saints would eagerly learn the principles needed to bring people to the Lord and would practice these principles in order to learn the proper time and the proper way to reach people—to “catch the fish” (Acts 2:41; 4:4).
Read morePray that the saints would learn to know the different kinds of people, just as fishermen know the categories of fish, so that they will know what kind of “bait” they need to attract people to Christ (John 3:1-6; 4:5-7, 9-10, 14-15).
Read morePray that the saints would see that their visiting people is a preparation for the Holy Spirit to sanctify them, and that they would contact people to afford the seeking Spirit a “line” to “hook” the lost sinners (1 Pet. 1:2 and note 25; 2 Thes. 2:13; Luke 15:8-10 and notes 82 and 83; John 16:8).
Read morePrayer for the saints to be vitalized personally and with companions so that they might “go fishing”
Pray that the saints would get vitalized personally and with a few co-laboring companions to the extent that they would “go fishing” to get some “new fish” (Dan. 1:6; 2 Tim. 2:22).
Read morePray that the saints would realize that there are many sinners, many “fish” around them in the place where they live, and would “go fishing”—go contact them consistently week after week, until they eventually gain someone (Matt. 4:19; Luke 5:10b).
Read morePray that the saints would realize that preaching the gospel is to be fishers of men, which requires contacting people patiently, again and again, until they are “caught” unto life and brought out of the world into the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 4:18-20; Luke 5:9-10 and note 102; Acts 11:18).
Read morePray that the saints would see the urgent need to preach the gospel of peace, the glad tidings that Christ is our peace, our peace offering, and the Peacemaker, the One who broke down the middle wall of partition, the enmity, abolishing in His flesh the law of the commandments in ordinances, that He might create believers of all races, colors, and nationalities in Himself into one new man (Eph. 2:13-17; 6:15; Rev. 6:2 and note 23).
Read morePray that the saints would proclaim the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God, through which God brings people under the ruling of the heavenly authority so that they may become His kingdom (Matt. 24:14; Luke 4:43; Acts 8:12).
Read morePray that the saints would proclaim the glad tidings of Christ’s victory over the enemy (Gen. 49:9 and notes 91 and 92; 1 John 3:8b; Col. 2:15; Heb. 2:14; Psa. 68:11-12).
Read morePray that the saints would proclaim the glad tidings concerning Christ as the eternal life for our experience and enjoyment, the One who changes all our death into life for God’s expression in humanity (John 2:1-11; 10:10b).
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