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2 Tim 4:1-5 Church Leaders' Lives (Pray, Study) Salvation of Lost Pastors, 1 Tim 4:16, (Hearing Word) in Church Holy Spirit Worship, Real Bible Teaching, Preaching, Devotional Lives (Pray, Study) Salvation of Lost (Hearing Word) in Church ️ Holy Spirit Worship, Bible Teaching, Preaching -- Safety Across Globe -- Ps 91:11-12, Warnings as When Elisha Warned Israel of Syria's Planned Operations, 2 Kings 6:8-12...

Pastors and Preachers Seek GOD in Prayer, Daily Devotion, Preparation, Intercession for Congregation, Study of Word, Lifestyle, Sound Teaching, Visiting Families, House Churches: Family Drawn to Church, Jn 6:44, Heb 10:25 -- Family, Families, Members, Visitors Receive Word in Faith, by Revelation of Messiah by Father, in Humility which Saves the Soul, Jam 1:21, by saved friend's testimonies, evangelists, tracts... Freedom to Worship in Spirit and Truth, Jn 4:24, Holy Spirit Anointing from The Anointed One, Jn 14:26, 1 Jn 2:20...

God, You are Our Father and Ever Present Help, Deut 4:7, Ps 46:1, Isa 41:10 -- Thank you for the message of The LORD's ANOINTED crucified for our sins, Gal 2:20. Draw our family members whenever doors are open (and frankly they're not open enough, amen)? Bless pastors first to war against prayerlessness in our own lives and give faith to pray, seek with all our heart to hear, listen and understand, Matt 16:17, what You are speaking to each one, Jn 16:13. Grant YOUR MANIFEST HOLY PRESENCE, faith, repentance, salvation, knowledge of the forgiveness of sins and newness of life -- give vision, Prov 29:18, by The Holy Spirit. Protect them all from the evil one, John 17:15, who loves "lack of knowledge," Hos 4:6, Amos 8:11. Help them attend church, Heb 10:25, again whenever we assemble (and it ought to be often, Acts 2:42, but "the love of the world", Jn 2:15 and desires for sports, our favorite shows, fill in the blank -- tiredness because we're not in prayer. As often as they eat the bread and take the cup, 1Cor 14:26, not as seldomly or if ever get around to it, amen?

Grant us hunger for The Word, 1 Peter 2:2, Holy Spirit of Revelation, Eph 1:17, Flesh and Blood does not reveal Messiah, Matt 16:17, but OUR FATHER in Heaven! Father, let the Holy Spirit convict and convert, Jn 16:8, teach us all things, Jn 16:13, open minds to UNDERSTAND SCRIPTURES, Lk 24:45 -- and faith to pray and receive, Mark 11:24, (Faith comes by hearing the message preached), Rom 10:17 -- God, You will that none would perish, but all to come to repentance, 2 Pet 3:9, that all would be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, 2 Tim 2:1-5, even all in authority, and all our households, Acts 16:31. When we ask You hear and if You hear, we have, 1 Jn5:14-14, so SEEK and SAVE the LOST, Lk 19:10, Keep them from distraction, 2 Cor 11:3, deception, Matt 24:4, temptation, Luke 11:4, deception and lies, Prov 30:8, false teachers, Tit 1:16, 2 Tim 3:5, deceivers, 2 Tim 3:13, sin, lies, fear, Zeph 3:13, 1 Cor 8:1, evil people 2 Thes 3:2, and the evil one, Rev 12:9, Matt 6:13, John 17:5, 2 Thes 3:3, thank You Phil 4:6-7, in Jesus' Name, Amen, Rev 3:14, 2 Cor 1:20.

 

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We join with you in this burden for the Church, for its leaders, and for the lost who still need to hear the Word and be saved, and we bring these requests before the Father together in Jesus' name.

We hear your heart for pastors and preachers to live lives devoted to prayer and the study of the Word, and this is exactly what Scripture commands. We are reminded of the charge in 2 Tim 4:1-5, I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching. And also 1 Tim 4:16, Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. When leaders neglect prayer and the Word, the flock suffers hunger, as you noted from Hos 4:6, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, and Amos 8:11, a famine of hearing the words of Yahweh. So we must pray that God would raise up shepherds after His own heart who will war against prayerlessness in their own lives first, who will seek Him with all their heart, who will rightly divide the word of truth and feed the people with sound teaching, not with entertainment or worldly wisdom.

We also agree with you for true worship in Spirit and truth and for the salvation of the lost hearing the Word in the assembly. Jesus said in John 6:44, No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and in John 16:8 that the Holy Spirit will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment. We pray that the Father would draw family members, neighbors, and visitors into the gathering whenever the doors are open, and that they would receive the implanted word with meekness which is able to save their souls as in James 1:21. We pray for humility and revelation, for as Matt 16:17 says, flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven, and for open minds to understand the Scriptures as in Luke 24:45. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ in Rom 10:17, so we ask for anointing on the preaching, for the Holy Spirit to teach all things and guide into all truth as promised in John 14:26 and John 16:13, and for the anointing which we have from the Holy One in 1 John 2:20 to rest upon the Church.

We gently rebuke and correct where we have all grown cold, for we confess with you that many have forsaken assembling together as Heb 10:25 exhorts us not to do, choosing instead the love of the world in 1 John 2:15, sports, entertainment, or weariness because we are not in prayer. We pray God would forgive us and rekindle hunger for the pure spiritual milk as in 1 Pet 2:2 and for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him as in Eph 1:17. Where there is no vision the people cast off restraint in Prov 29:18, so we ask God to give vision again by the Holy Spirit, to grant repentance and faith and the knowledge of forgiveness of sins and newness of life through the message of the Lord's Anointed crucified for our sins as in Gal 2:20.

We bring before the Lord your request for safety across the globe for the Church. We claim Ps 91:11-12, For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone, and John 17:15 where Jesus prayed, I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one, and 2 Thess 3:3, But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one. As You warned Israel through Elisha of Syria's planned operations in 2 Kings 6:8-12, we ask You to give warnings, discernment, and protection to Your people today, keeping them from distraction as in 2 Cor 11:3, from deception as in Matt 24:4, from temptation as in Luke 11:4, from false teachers having a form of godliness but denying its power in 2 Tim 3:5, from deceivers and evil people in 2 Tim 3:13 and 2 Thess 3:2, and from the lies of the evil one who deceives the whole world in Rev 12:9.

We pray also for households to be saved, believing the promise in Acts 16:31, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household, and remembering that God desires all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth in 1 Tim 2:3-4, and is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance in 2 Pet 3:9. He is our ever present help as in Ps 46:1 and Deut 4:7 reminds us, For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him, and Isa 41:10, Don't be afraid, for I am with you.

So together we pray, Father, thank You for drawing near whenever we call upon You in truth. Forgive our prayerlessness and our love for the world and awaken in pastors and in all of us a hunger to seek You with our whole heart, to pray, to study, to prepare, to intercede for the congregation, to visit families and gather in homes as in Acts 2:42 continuing steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship. Pour out Your manifest Holy Presence upon worship and preaching, let the Word be preached with power and received with faith, grant repentance and salvation to the lost who hear, protect Your Church from the evil one and from every distraction and lie, and keep us faithful to assemble often and to remember the Lord's death until He comes as in 1 Cor 11:26. Teach us to pray and to receive as in Mark 11:24, and we thank You that when we ask according to Your will You hear us as in 1 John 5:14-15. We ask You to seek and to save the lost as in Luke 19:10, to keep them and their families from stumbling, and to establish them in newness of life. We cast our anxieties upon You and receive Your peace which surpasses all understanding to guard our hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus as in Phil 4:6-7. We thank You that all the promises of God in Him are Yes and in Him Amen as in 2 Cor 1:20, and we ask all these things in the mighty and only saving name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Anointed One, amen.

 

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Thank you for pouring out your heart for the church in this way. We can hear how much you love your pastors, your family, and those who have not yet heard and believed, and how deeply you long for worship that is real and alive and for everyone to be kept safe under God's care.

We join you in that longing. It is a heavy and holy burden to carry so many people and needs before the Lord, especially when you see distractions, weariness and prayerlessness creeping in. Please know your faithfulness in praying matters, even when you cannot see the fruit right away. God is at work as His Word is taught and His Spirit moves, and He delights to draw people to Himself.

One small way to keep this burden from feeling overwhelming is to share it. If you have one trusted pastor or a couple of friends in the congregation, let them know you are praying in this way and ask if there is one specific need they would like you to lift up this week. Walking together lightens the load and helps worship stay a shared joy rather than a solitary effort.

Father, we lift up pastors and teachers to You, asking for renewed time with You in prayer and in Your Word and for strength for their calling. Draw families and visitors to gather and to hear with open hearts. Grant Your presence in worship and preaching, and keep Your people from distraction and harm. Bring salvation and new life where it is needed most. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

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I have prayed for this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen

 

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I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

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Your earnest pleadings for pastors, for the flock, and for the lost have been read with gratitude, and we do strive together with you in prayers to God for these things.

We join you in asking that the Lord would set His servants free for their first and best work, which is prayer and meditation in the Word. May those who preach fulfil the charge to preach the Word, to be instant in season and out of season, and to take heed unto themselves and unto the doctrine, for in doing this they shall both save themselves and them that hear them. We pray that prayerlessness would be driven out, that every minister would be found wrestling with God in secret, studying the Scriptures which were written for our learning, and delivering not his own notions but the plain testimony that with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

For the lost in our families and among all who enter the doors of the house of God, we plead that the Father who alone can reveal His Son would draw them, and that the Holy Spirit would convict and convert, opening blind eyes to understand the Scriptures. Faith must be urged, for without it there is no salvation, and faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. We ask that the message of the Lord's Anointed crucified for sinners would be preached with power, that humble hearts would receive the engrafted Word which is able to save the soul, and that whosoever believeth on Him should not be ashamed. There is no other name under heaven whereby we must be saved, but Christ alone, and Him we lift up, that sinners looking to Him may live.

We pray also for the worship of the church, that it may be in spirit and in truth, with the manifest presence of the Lord shining upon His sanctuary. Lord, revive us again, that Thy people may rejoice in Thee. Cause Thy face to shine upon Thy congregation, that the Word may go forth with energy and that a perishing world may see what a living God can do for a living Church. And for your cry for safety, we remember that our Lord prayed not that His people should be taken out of the world, but that they should be kept from the evil one. So we ask the God of Peace to keep His people from distraction, deception, temptation and fear, to guard them from false teachers and from the evil one himself, and to give His angels charge over them to keep them in all their ways.

May the Lord give you and all who love His appearing a great hunger for the Word, as newborn babes desire the sincere milk, and grace to continue steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship and in prayers, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together. He that hath begun to pray will hear prayer, for Jesus Himself hath prayed for His people, and His intercession must prevail. He says, I have prayed for thee, and therefore our faith shall not fail.

We will not cease to remember you, your household, and the ministers you have named, beseeching the Lord to grant repentance unto life, the forgiveness of sins, and newness of life to many, and to keep all who belong to Him until the day of His appearing. Now the God of Peace be with you all. Amen.