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 learn to fight the spiritual warfare by praising and exalting Christ, by shouting Christ’s triumph, and by declaring Christ’s victory (Acts 16:25-26; Josh. 6:6, 20 and notes 61 and 201).
Read morePray that the saints would be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength to be able to stand in the battle against all the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies (Eph. 6:10 and notes 102-4; 1:19-21).
Read morePray that the saints would learn to fight the spiritual warfare by putting on the whole armor of God so that they can stand against all the stratagems of the devil (Eph. 6:11-13 and notes 111 and 112).
Read morePray that the saints would realize that spiritual warfare is a Body matter and would learn to fight the battle in the Body (Matt. 16:18; Rom. 16:20 and 201).
Read morePray that the saints would learn to apply the effectiveness of the Lord’s prevailing blood in order to shut the mouth of Satan, the accuser of the brothers, and defeat him in the spiritual warfare (Rev. 12:10-11 and note 112).
Read morePray that the saints would realize and apply the authority in the mighty name of Jesus to vanquish the deadly foes—Satan, death, and sin (Phil. 2:9-10; John 14:13-14).
Read morePray that the saints would see, stand in, and fight from Christ’s victory, realizing that the victory has already been won and applying Christ’s victory through prayer (1 John 3:8b; Heb. 2:14; Col. 2:15; 1 Pet. 3:18-19; Rev. 1:18).
Read morePray that the saints would be daily strengthened in their spirit by the exercise of their spirit in their daily living so that they can freely release their spirit in all kinds of meetings to minister life to one another, with the result that the saints would be mingled and blended together and the church would be built up (Eph. 3:16-19).
Read morePray that the saints would learn to serve together through prayer with the exercise of their spirit so that through prayer they would move, touching the fellowship in spirit in all their serving together (Acts 13:2-4; Phil. 2:1-2).
Read morePray that through the saints’ spirit-exercising prayer their spirits would be lifted and freed to speak with the motivating of their spirit in order to revive, refresh, and open others’ spirits such that others’ spirits would be lifted unto Christ (2 Cor. 4:13; 7:13; Philem. 7, 20).
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