Weekly Devotional 2-3-25 What Do Most Christians Usually Pray About

Weekly Devotional 2-3-25

What do most Christians usually Pray About?

Do you know what the most frequent prayer request is about? – “Physical healing.” Some examples “Pray for my aunt who’s a Christian—she’s about to die.” “Pray for my uncle. He is saved, but he is having heart surgery.” But how many prayer meetings have you been to where people asked for prayer for their lost neighbor who is going to hell? Often, we are more interested in keeping the saints out of heaven than keeping the lost out of hell. It is not wrong to pray for our saved loved ones facing a crisis, but how much more urgent to pray for those who, if they died today, would go out into a dark, Christless eternity? It is not a tragedy to die and go to heaven. It is a tragedy to die and go to hell. Friend, it is time we elevated our prayers outside the physical realm of life into the spiritual realm. Take a look at your prayer list today—where are the lost who need to be saved? What are you doing to help them find their way? Adrian Rogers

I wanted to add this:  People may get discouraged when praying for the salvation of loved ones and others and may begin to wonder if their prayers ever really help. Well, guess what? They do! In my case, I know someone prayed for me and I am quite sure someone prayed for you, even though you may not be aware of it. Look, people do not just get up one morning and say to themselves, “You know what, today I’m going to check out to see if there is a God.” Yes, your prayers can be a powerful force in the lives of your unsaved loved ones – relatives, friends and even strangers.

There are countless verses in the Bible through which you can pray for your unsaved loved ones – family, friends, relatives, classmates, co-workers, etc. Here are a few to help guide you in your prayers:

(1). Dear Heavenly Father, I know that “no one can come to [Jesus] unless the Father . . . draws them” (John 6:44). I ask that You draw _____________ to Your Son, that he/she may know You personally and spend eternity with You.

(2). Dear Heavenly Father, I ask that You move upon _____________’s heart to accept the Truth of Christ. “Give them a heart to know [You], that [You are] the Lord, [so that] they will be [Your] people, and [You] will be their God,” and may they “return to [You] with all their heart” (Jeremiah 24:7).

(3). Dear Heavenly Father, overwhelm _____________ with the reality of Your love for him/her, that he/she may “grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge” (Ephesians 3:18-19).

(4). Dear Heavenly Father, use me to “open _____________’s eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in [You]” (Acts 26:18).

(5). Dear Heavenly Father may the Holy Spirit, show me specifically how to minister to each member of my family—whether I should “be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; [or] show mercy, mixed with fear” (Jude 1:23). Reveal opportunities to share about You, and give me the strength to obey when You open the door.

(6). Dear Heavenly Father, Your Word says that “godly sorrow brings repentance which leads to salvation and leaves no regret” (2 Corinthians 7:10). Only You can open our eyes to the reality that all have sinned and fallen short of Your glory. Come upon _____________ with a sense of godly sorrow for his/her sin, that he/she may repent, surrender to You, and be saved.

(7). Dear Heavenly Father I want to pray for ______________’s salvation. May the Holy Spirit work in their heart and convict him/her that they are a sinner, in need of salvation, and in need of Christ Jesus.

You may see the fruit of your prayers in time, or you may never see the full impact of your intercession. Either way, do not give up praying for those loved unsaved ones. In our prayers, we must remember that God “wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth,” and His desire to save the lost is far greater than ours (1 Timothy 2:4). We are not praying to a reluctant God but to a God who is eager to save and redeem.

In closing, I would just like to remind every one of us that we were once lost in sin before the Lord found us (Eph. 2:11-12). Christ found and saved us through the ministry of others, whether through our parents, a relative, friend, co-worker, attending church, or many other means. Let us seek to be used of Him to seek and save those dear and lost souls. God did not give us salvation to hold onto it only for ourselves but to share and give it away to others so that they too can be part of God’s kingdom.

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10) And His desire is for all of them to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).”

Oscar

Oscar Leske / Understanding The Signs of  our Times

 

Thank you, Oscar, for sharing your thoughts.

 

 

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