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 enjoy the divine sonship in their regenerated spirit by crying to the Father in the spirit of sonship (Rom. 8:15 and notes 151 and 152; Gal. 4:6 and notes 62 and 63).
Read morePray that the saints would be led by the Spirit as sons of God (Rom. 8:14 and notes 141 and 142; Hymns, #390, ss. 1-2 and chorus).
Read morePray that the saints would learn and practice to put to death the practices of the body by the Spirit (Rom. 8:12-13 and notes 132 and 133).
Read morePray that the saints would live a life under the Triune God’s continual dispensing of life into their tripartite being for the constituting of the Body of Christ (Rom. 8:6-11 and notes 91 and 92; Hymns, #841, s. 4).
Read morePray that the saints would cooperate with the inward operation of the law of the Spirit of life by caring for the sense of life and peace in their spirit (Rom. 8:6 and note 62).
Read morePray that the saints would cooperate with the inward operation of the law of the Spirit of life by setting their mind on the spirit and the things of the spirit, not on the flesh and the things of the flesh (Rom. 8:5-6 and notes 51, 53, and 61; Hymns, #593, ss. 4-7).
Read morePray that the saints would cooperate with the law of the Spirit of life by walking and having their entire being according to the mingled spirit, which is the all-inclusive Spirit mingled with our regenerated spirit (Rom. 8:4-6 and notes 42, 43, and 52).
Read morePray that the saints would cooperate with the inward operation of the law of the Spirit of life by taking heed, paying attention, to their spirit and by guarding their heart as the entrance and exit of life and the switch of life (Mal. 2:15b; Prov. 4:23).
Read morePray for the saints to cooperate with the inward operation of the law of the Spirit of life by ceasing from their struggling and striving and by remaining in touch with the Lord, staying in contact with Him, and having a spirit of dependence on Him (Gal. 2:20a; Rom. 10:12-13; 1 Thes. 5:17; Eph. 6:17-18; Hymns, #841, ss. 5-6; #371, s. 1 and chorus).
Read morePray that the saints would see, experience, and enjoy the law of the Spirit of life, which is the key to being an overcomer and which ushers us into the reality of the Body of Christ (Rom. 7:18-24; 8:1-2 and note 21; 12:4-5; Hymns, #1213, ss. 1-3).
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