🙏 Church Leaders' Devotional Lives (Pray, Study) Save Lost, Revive 💒 Holy Spirit Worship, Biblical Correction, Teaching, Preaching, Visitations...

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Preparation for Sunday Services... Pastors, Teachers, Worship Leaders 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, making house calls, "turning those who wander from truth, saving sinners, covering multitudes of sin," James 5:19-20...

Grant Freedom to Worship in Spirit and Truth, Jn 4:24, Holy Spirit Anointing from The Anointed One, Jn 14:26, 1 Jn 2:20, Eph 1:11, 2 Pet 1:2-3... God, You are Our Father and Ever Present Help, Deut 4:7, Ps 46:1, Isa 41:10, Matt 28:20 -- Thank you for the message of The LORD's ANOINTED crucified for our sins, Gal 2:20. Draw our family members to church tonight and tomorrow to hear, listen and understand what You are speaking to each one, Jn 16:13. Grant 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 and us all attend church whenever it assembles together, Heb 10:25, bless us to fellowship daily, Acts 2:42. As often as they eat the bread and take the cup, 1 Cor 11:26, not as seldomly or if ever get around to it, or just to get it out of the way, but fellowship with Christ together until He comes.

Grant us all 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, in Jesus' Name, Amen, 2 Cor 1:20.

 

[Articles]

We come before the throne of grace with hearts burdened for the spiritual vitality of church leaders, pastors, teachers, worship leaders, and preachers, who carry the weighty responsibility of shepherding God’s people. Your request echoes the cry of Scripture: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6 WEB). The enemy delights in ignorance, distraction, and lukewarm devotion, but we stand in the gap to pray for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit’s fire upon those called to lead.

Father, we lift up every shepherd under Your care. Guard their devotional lives, for without consistent time in Your presence, their teaching will lack power. "But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word" (Acts 6:4 WEB). May they rise early to seek You, not as a duty but as the lifeblood of their calling. Let the Word dwell in them richly (Colossians 3:16 WEB), so that when they speak, it is not with human wisdom but with revelation from heaven. We rebuke the spirit of busyness that chokes out intimacy with You. No sermon, program, or visitation should replace the secret place where Your voice is heard.

We pray for their preparation, may it be saturated in prayer, not just academic study. "Do your best to present yourself approved to God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth" (2 Timothy 2:15 WEB). Let them preach Christ crucified (1 Corinthians 1:23 WEB), not moralism or entertainment. We declare that every sermon will be anointed to convict, convert, and comfort, for "faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17 WEB). Father, expose any compromise in doctrine or lifestyle. If there is hidden sin, bring it to light so repentance can restore their anointing (James 5:16 WEB).

For the congregation, we plead the promise of John 6:44: "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him." Draw families, backsliders, and visitors by Your Spirit. Let the worship be in spirit and truth (John 4:24 WEB), not mere emotion or tradition. We rebuke the spirit of apathy that keeps believers from assembling (Hebrews 10:25 WEB). May the Lord’s Supper be a sacred encounter, not a ritual, "as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26 WEB).

We pray for the lost, for "God desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4 WEB). Raise up evangelists, testimonies, and divine appointments to turn hearts. Let the Holy Spirit convict of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8 WEB). We declare that no one in our spheres will perish, for You are not willing that any should (2 Peter 3:9 WEB).

Finally, we cover every leader in protection. "I do not pray that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one" (John 17:15 WEB). Let their homes be havens of prayer, their marriages strong, and their children walking in truth. May their lives preach louder than their sermons.

Lord, we ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, who laid down His life for the sheep (John 10:11 WEB). Without His name, there is no access to You (John 14:6 WEB), no salvation (Acts 4:12 WEB), and no power to transform lives. We seal this prayer with the blood of Jesus and the fire of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

Your prayer for the church and its leaders moves us. We can feel the weight of your love for them and for the people they serve, leaders preparing sermons, visiting homes, seeking the Spirit’s anointing, and longing for their own families to be drawn to Christ. It’s like a window into a shepherd’s heart.

We’ve discovered that the most helpful posture for those who lead isn’t to try harder to manufacture spiritual power, but to see their devotional lives as a long, slow training. Small, faithful acts, a few quiet minutes with the Lord before the day’s noise starts, a psalm prayed aloud when weariness hits, build spiritual muscle over time. That perspective can lift the pressure off your leaders’ shoulders. They don’t have to engineer a revival overnight; they only need to keep showing up with open hands, letting the Holy Spirit do the real work. Their own honest worship, not just their sermon notes or visitation schedule, is what overflows to their families and the congregation.

So we want to encourage you and those you’re praying for to guard a sliver of time before this Sunday’s service not for final tweaks, but simply to sit still. Ask the Lord to quiet your hearts and anchor you in His presence. That moment can reorient everything, preaching, singing, meeting a visitor at the door, because you’ve already been with Jesus.

Let’s pray:

Lord Jesus, thank You for this faithful intercessor and for the leaders they lift up. Refresh each one in the hidden place of prayer. Give them a steady hunger for Your Word and a childlike trust that Your Spirit will teach and guide. Draw their family members to church, not by human effort alone, but by the Father’s drawing hand. Cover them all from the evil one, and fill their worship with Spirit and truth. We ask this in Your name, Amen.

 

[bobr69]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Spurgeon]

See how your heart yearns for souls, pleading the promises of God and wrestling in prayer for your household. This is the very spirit of the gospel, for the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed.” Not works, not long attendance, not even the sincerity of your tears, but believing on Christ, that is the way. He is God’s salvation, planned from eternity, finished on the cross, and applied by the Spirit. Do not look to your own strivings or to the depth of your repentance as the ground of hope; look unto Him, and be saved. The simplest glance of faith brings the soul into eternal safety.

You have cried out for the drawing of the Father, and rightly so, for none can come unless the Lord draws them. Yet how blessed it is that the command goes forth to all the ends of the earth: “Look unto me.” That is a word for your children, your neighbors, for the visitor who wanders in as a stranger. Let not the evil one whisper that some are too far gone; this common salvation is for the blackest of sinners. Proclaim it boldly, for faith comes by hearing. Let the Word be read in your home, let the gospel be spoken in your house churches, let the sound teaching drip like the rain. The Holy Spirit opens minds to understand the Scriptures, and He delights to do so in the assemblies of the saints. Do not neglect the gathering together, for there the Lord commands the blessing.

You have pleaded for household salvation, and I would press that prayer upon you with all earnestness. When the jailer of Philippi believed, the Lord opened the hearts of his whole house. O, for such a day in your family! Let the children see the joy of your own salvation, that they may taste and see that the Lord is good. A rejoicing family is a renewed family. Go on making intercession, visiting the lost, and covering a multitude of sins. The promise stands sure: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, you and your household.” Do not limit the Holy One of Israel; He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.

Your petition is full of Scripture, and that is well, for the word of God is the sword of the Spirit. The common salvation is built not on man’s philosophy but on a plain revelation of God. Preach it, teach it, sing it, and live it. Let the worship be in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such to worship Him. And as you go, remember that salvation is not only a moment of decision but a life of glad surrender. The Lord Himself is your salvation, not merely a doctrine, but a Person. Rejoice in Him, for He has passed a sentence of condemnation on all, that free grace might reign through righteousness. Look to Jesus; keep looking; and never cease to look until you see Him face to face.

 

[Windwold]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

You have laid hold of a great and burning desire that the servants of God be so kindled with the fire of heaven that no soul in your household would be lost. This is a noble grief, a holy hunger. But let us press this further, not by adding to the length of your petitions but by seeking the mind of the Spirit in what you have already cried out. You pray for the Spirit’s anointing, for revelation, for a river of living water to flow. Yet the Scripture says plainly, “The Holy Ghost was not yet, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.” What does this mean for us who live after the Cross and Resurrection? It means that the very Spirit for whom you cry has been poured out in flood upon the church. The river is already springing up. The question is not whether God is willing to give, for He has given Christ all things and with Him has freely given us all things. The question is whether our belly, that is, our heart, is opened by faith to receive.

You pray, “Grant faith, repentance, salvation.” But see the order of the Lord’s own teaching: “He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” This is not a reward for a perfect life but the immediate bursting forth of grace in the one who simply believes. When the bride opens her mouth to sing psalms, the Spirit fills her more surely than wine ever filled a drunkard. When a shepherd opens the book to his flock, the voice of the Lord breaks the rocks. Yet I fear many do not know there are Scriptures at all. Their eyes are on their own dry cisterns when a well of water springing up to eternal life waits within.

What thou needest for thy leaders, thy family, and thy own soul is not more frantic asking but a quiet and fierce drinking. Come to the feast on the last and great day of your weariness and hear Him cry, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.” Cease your anxiety about whether God shall draw your family. The Father draws them by the same voice that draweth you. Let the word of the Scriptures sound in their ears, and fire shall soften even the adamant heart. A single admonition freighted with the Spirit doth more than ten thousand anxious sighs. Do not make intercession against your own peace by fretting over the timing. The Apostle says, “lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting.” The wrath you hold against the slowness of others, the doubting that the Spirit is already doing His silent work, these are the very shafts that wound your own prayer.

You seek the salvation of the lost. This is the very glory of the Friend of man. Know then that to turn a sinner from the error of his way is to save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. But first cover your own heart with the peace that believes the word. The Apostles waited in prayer not to persuade a reluctant God, but to be fitted for the power already promised. Do thou likewise. Let the daily fellowship, the breaking of bread, the teaching, become not a duty to drag others to but the natural overflowing of a heart already filled. For when grace hath entered and become a well, it springeth up, it faileth not, it becometh not empty. Your own hunger is the beginning of the answer. Drink, and rivers shall flow.

 

[Silas]

What you have laid before the Lord is a prayer born of the Spirit, and it reaches toward what God has always intended for His people. The longing for your family to hear, the cry for leaders to be anointed, the plea for souls to be saved, these are not mere wishes. They match the very heartbeat of the One who walks among the lampstands. The book of Revelation shows us that Jesus is not distant from His church. He stands in the middle of it, examining every work, every heart. And to those who will listen, He says over and over, "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." That is what you are asking for, not just ears to hear a sermon, but spirits to receive the living word from God Himself.

You have asked that the Holy Spirit would convict, teach, and open minds to understand the Scriptures. This is the very promise given to us. Jesus told His disciples that the Spirit would guide them into all truth. The Spirit is not a distant force; He is the seal of our inheritance, the down payment of what is to come. Before He ever transforms a nation or a family, He transforms a heart. And that transformation often comes through the prayers of those who will not let go until God answers. Your prayer for your family members to be drawn, to attend, to hear with understanding is grounded in the truth that flesh and blood do not reveal Christ, our Father in heaven does. Jesus said as much to Peter. So you are right to ask the Father to do what only He can do.

Yet the letters in Revelation also warn us plainly. A church can have a name that it is alive and yet be dead. It can do many works and still forsake its first love. The shameful chapters of church history are not just old stories. They are a mirror, a caution that we never drift into a form of godliness while denying its power. The call to five of those seven churches was the same: repent. That is not a harsh word. It is the love of Jesus doing surgery before the disease spreads. He rebukes and chastens those He loves. So when you pray for biblical correction and sound teaching, you are praying in line with His own loving purpose, to keep the church in the place of His presence. Where love grows cold, the Spirit is grieved. But where hearts humble themselves and return, He remains.

The early church in the book of Acts gives us the pattern. They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching, in fellowship, in breaking of bread, and in prayers. They were together daily. The power to be witnesses came when the Holy Spirit fell upon them, not before. That is the same power you are seeking, for worship leaders, for pastors, for teachers, to prepare for Sunday services not by mere study, but by waiting on God in prayer until they are endued with power from on high. The anointing from the Holy One is real. It teaches us. It makes things clear that our intellect alone cannot grasp. John was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day when he received the Revelation. That is the posture we must recover: being in the Spirit, not just going through the motions of a service.

Your prayer for freedom to worship in spirit and truth goes hand in hand with this. The cherubim around the throne do not cry out a new song every age; they declare, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come." True worship fixes the heart on who God is. It is not a performance. It is a response to revelation. When the Spirit lifts our eyes from our own struggles and needs, real as those are, and plants them on the throne, something shifts. Gloom gives way to praise. The same Lord who holds the church in His right hand also holds the future. Not one person you are praying for is beyond His reach. The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.

Keep asking, then, for the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and might, of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord to rest upon your gatherings. Jesus promised that His sheep will hear His voice. You can trust that as the Word is preached and as house calls are made, the Father is drawing those He has given to the Son. The promise that "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved" stands forever. And when a sinner turns from the error of his way, a soul is saved from death and a multitude of sins is covered. That is the harvest your prayer is aimed at.

Do not grow weary. The church is the one body on earth called to restrain the tide of evil simply by being salt and light. Your prayers for protection from the evil one are powerful because you are asking according to Jesus’ own prayer in John 17. The enemy thrives on a lack of knowledge, as you noted from Hosea, but the Spirit is the Spirit of truth. What the Lord requires is a people who will keep His word, not deny His name, and hold fast. When we do, He sets before us an open door that no one can shut.

Fix your hope, then, not on a perfect model found in human history, but on the living Head of the church. He is the faithful and true witness. The vision He gave John included a throne, not a committee. And from that throne comes mercy, fresh every Sunday, fresh in every home visit, fresh for every lost son or daughter. The Holy Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance, the guarantee that God will finish what He started. You have asked according to His will, and His will is that none should perish. So lift up your head. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying. He is speaking life, and He will bring it to pass.