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 live and serve as men of prayer in the house of prayer, praying to the mysterious God in the divine and mystical realm, learning to pray prayers that are not natural but divine (Luke 5:16; Matt. 11:25-26; John 17:1-2, 20-21).
Read morePray for the saints to live in the reality of the church, the Body of Christ, as a house of prayer that they may pray for the fulfillment of God’s desire, the carrying out of God’s will, and the accomplishment of God’s economy (Isa. 56:7; Mark 11:17a; Heb. 3:6; Matt. 6:9-10).
Read morePray that the saints in all the churches would be strengthened to pray the prayer of the age, the prayer of the church as the Body of Christ, exercising the authority of Christ as the ascended Lord, and Head of the Body, for the fulfilling of God’s economy (Isa. 45:11; 62:6-7; Ezek. 36:37; Matt. 18:18-19).
Read morePray that the saints would not set their hope on the visible elements but on what the word of God promises as their destiny, that is, the new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells, and that they would be diligent to be found by the Lord in peace as the fruit of righteousness, that is, found to be right in the Lord’s eyes with both God and man at His coming (2 Pet. 3:13-14; Heb. 12:11; Isa. 32:17).
Read morePray that the saints would live the church life in the reality of the kingdom today—a life of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17, 171 and 172).
Read morePray that the saints would daily cooperate with the inward working of the Spirit of life by walking according to the mingled spirit, causing them to spontaneously be righteous that they may be conformed to Christ’s image (Rom. 8:2, 4, 41 and 42, 29 and 293).
Read morePray that the saints would hunger and thirst for righteousness, be willing to be persecuted for it, live it out by taking Christ as their life according to the new law of life, and seek it along with God’s kingdom in the reality of the church life today (Matt. 5:6 and 61, 10 and 101, 20 and 201; 6:33 and 331).
Read morePray that the saints would realize the source of wickedness—holding down the truth in unrighteousness, disapproving of holding God in full knowledge, not glorifying God nor worshipping Him, and exchanging God for idols. Pray also that all the saints, especially the young people, would know the way of restriction from wickedness and would practice this way (Rom. 1:18-21, 25, 28-32; 2:14-15).
Read morePray that the saints would know Christ as the One who is righteousness and that they would be partners with Him as the One who loves righteousness and hates lawlessness and who reigns in God’s kingdom with the scepter of uprightness (Jer. 23:5-6; Psa. 45:3-7; Heb. 1:8-9).
Read morePray that the saints would see God’s righteousness as one of the main attributes of His nature, the foundation of His throne, and the supporting base upon which all things rest (Psa. 89:14 and 141; Isa. 32:1 and 12; Heb. 1:8).
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