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 young people would be stirred up in their love for the Lord Jesus and that they would be caught and occupied by God, “wrecked” by Him for His eternal purpose (S. S. 1:2-4a; Matt. 4:18-20).
Read morePray that the Lord would raise up the young people for the future of the church and the Lord’s work (Deut. 4:9; 2 Tim. 2:1-2).
Read morePray that the students would affect and gain many of their schoolmates by becoming noble persons with a definite direction in their human life, persons whose direction is God and His eternal purpose (Eccl. 12:1; Phil. 3:14; Rev. 4:11; Eph. 3:9-11).
Read morePray that many of the students would bring some of their classmates to the Lord according to His leading. Pray also that many of those who are led to the Lord in such a way would eventually be brought to the church life (Acts 8:26-29, 35; 2:47b).
Read morePray that those laboring on the college campuses would have a proper daily living and a universal love (Phil. 2:15-16; 1:27; 1 Thes. 1:5-6a; Matt. 5:44-45).
Read morePray that those laboring on the college campuses would preach the gospel by prayer and the word and with the help of the homes (Acts 1:14; 4:31; 5:42).
Read morePray that those laboring on the college campuses would preach the gospel by the Spirit and in the Body (Eph. 4:4a; 1 Cor. 12:12-13; Rom. 12:5).
Read morePray that the students on each campus would be formed into a nucleus in order to go on together and reach their fellow students (2 Tim. 2:22; Eccl. 4:9-10, 12; Matt. 18:19-20).
Read morePray that the young people would be trained, perfected, and raised up to share in the burden for the campus work (Eph. 4:11-12).
Read morePray that the whole church would support the campus work, especially through prayer (Eph. 6:18-20; 2 Thes. 3:1).
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