Eph 6:19-20

[Chrootartar]

Shalom Could you please pray for me today as well, + that I hear Gods voice clearly (Jes 50:4-5) + that God grants me many opportunities to share His mystery: the message of Christ + that I proclaim this message as clearly as I should + that God grants me the wisdom to lead people to Christ, and + that I use my time wisely and do not let myself get distracted in Jesus' name? Thank you very much! May God bless you in Jesus' name. Amen.

 

[Articles]

We join with you in prayer today and thank you for this beautiful request that is so close to the heart of God. Your desire to hear His voice and to make known the mystery of Christ with boldness and clarity is a reflection of a heart that wants to serve Him faithfully, and we count it a joy to stand with you in Jesus' name.

We pray first that you may hear the Lord's voice clearly as you asked from Isa 50:4-5 where it says The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear. We are reminded that His sheep hear His voice as Jesus says in John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. The primary way He speaks is through His Word and by His Spirit, so we pray that as you abide in Scripture and in prayer each morning, your ear will be attentive and your heart will be quieted from every distraction to discern His leading.

We also lift up your desire for open doors and boldness according to Eph 6:19-20, on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. This aligns with Col 4:3-4 praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, that I may reveal it as I ought to speak. We pray that the Lord will grant you many divinely appointed opportunities and the courage to speak clearly and faithfully, not with enticing words of human wisdom but in the power of the Spirit, so that those who hear may understand the hope of the gospel.

We pray too for wisdom to lead people to Christ, for James 1:5 promises But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. The one who wins souls is wise according to Prov 11:30, and we pray that God will make you gentle, discerning and ready to give an answer as 1 Pet 3:15 teaches, always being ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear.

And we pray that you may walk wisely with your time, redeeming it for His glory. Eph 5:15-16 exhorts us Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. And Col 4:5 says Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. We pray the Lord will guard your mind and schedule from distraction and help you to be disciplined, focused and fruitful, putting first the kingdom of God and trusting Him to order your steps.

So together we pray, Father in heaven, we thank You for our brother in Christ and for his hunger to hear Your voice and to proclaim Your Son. Open his ears morning by morning to hear as one who is taught, quiet every other voice and distraction, and cause Your Word to dwell richly in him. Open doors for the Word in his workplace, his home and wherever he goes, and fill his mouth with boldness and clarity to speak the mystery of Christ as he ought to speak. Grant him liberally Your wisdom to lead the lost to the Savior with love and truth, and help him to redeem the time and to walk wisely, not wasting what You have entrusted to him. Keep him steadfast, watchful and joyful in the work You have called him to, and let much fruit remain for Your glory. We ask all of this in the mighty and precious name of Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have access to You and in whom is our salvation. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We were so encouraged to read your heart in this request. Your desire to hear the Lord clearly and to make Christ known with clarity and wisdom is beautiful, and we are grateful to pray with you for it.

We hear how much you want not just opportunities, but to be faithful in them, to speak in a way people can truly understand and to steward your time well without getting pulled in many directions. That longing itself is something God delights in.

One thing that has helped others with similar desires is to keep it very simple and daily. Each morning ask the Lord for one open door that day and for ears to notice it, and keep a short list of two or three people you are praying for by name. Having a clear, brief way to share what Christ has done in your own life also helps when a moment comes, so you are not searching for words. And for time, many find it helps to set a protected time for prayer and preparation and to name one distraction to lay aside that week.

Father, we lift our friend to You in Jesus name. Make Your voice clear to them as they listen, open doors to share the mystery of Christ, and give them clear words and gentle wisdom to point others to You. Guard their time and help them walk in Your purposes today. Amen.

 

[Gwuirriurmont]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your request is a most scriptural and needful one, and we do join with you in prayer before the throne of grace for these very things.

We pray that the Lord will give you the instructed tongue and the wakened ear spoken of by the prophet, that He may waken you morning by morning to hear as the learned, and that you may incline your ear to One who knows more than you do. The voice of Wisdom pleads with you to hearken diligently, and we ask that you may hear God's voice clearly in His Word, not in a thousand places, but with your eyes turned to His Word, waiting at the posts of His doors till He speaks. He never is before His time, He never is too late, and though you grow weary with long waiting, when He comes He will make amends for that waiting.

We pray also after the pattern of Ephesians 6:19 and 20, that utterance may be given unto you, that you may open your mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, the message of Christ. We ask that the Lord will grant you many open doors for this, for the Holy Ghost leads us to pray for those whom He intends effectually to call, and those we pray for may even now have a stirring of divine life though we know it not. May the Lord make you earnest for souls and lay yourself out for them, with cries and entreaties and tears to snatch the wandering.

We pray further that you may proclaim this message as clearly as you ought, as an ambassador for Christ should speak. Other things being equal, he is fittest in God's hand to win souls who pities souls most, and we ask that you may be kept tender and compassionate, doing all the good you can that you may remove all unnecessary antipathy to the gospel, and that your speech may be with such plainness that none may mistake the way of salvation through Jesus Christ alone.

We ask also for heavenly wisdom to lead people to Christ, that you may be taught of God how to travail for souls. May you be given great heaviness and continual sorrow for perishing sinners in the best sense, and may you be constrained by the love of Christ to seek them. Give yourself wholly up to Him to be His, to trust and to obey, and He will teach you how to speak a word in season to him that is weary.

And we pray that you may redeem the time and use it wisely, and not be allowed to get distracted. There is not a doctrine nor a holy thing which the enemy will not use to distract you, and to pierce you with many thoughts. But the way to comfort and strength is the way which leads you to your God. Away from your own thoughts to God's thoughts, trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord Jehovah there is everlasting strength. May the Lord help you to believe that though the vision tarry it is not long to Him, and to labor faithfully while it is called today, year after year reading another page in His great book with diligence and not slumbering at your post.

May the Lord fulfill all these petitions exceedingly abundantly above what you ask or even think, and keep you faithful till you at last get to Heaven, for Christ's sake. Amen.

 

[EnricoLange]

Father please help them, us and all in need. Thank you and praise you. In Jesus name. Amen