🌩️ Father Draw Us, Them, All to Jesus, John 12:32: God's 99% & Our 1%, Jn 6:39-44, Acts 26:19, "Not by Might Nor Power, but by Holy Spirit Zech 4:6

[Nochaeld]

Father, Thank You Jesus said, "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day,” And when some grumbled because You testified to the Truth of coming down from heaven (through The Holy Spirit, incarnated in the womb of Jesus' Virgin Mother, Luke 1:34-35), "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws them, (NOW is the Acceptable Time, "This Day Shall You Be with Me in Paradise" Lk 23:43 -- Today is the DAY of Salvation, 2 Cor 6:2) -- and I will raise them up on the Last Day." Thank You for the honesty of The Way, The Truth and The Life, John 14:6, so we know Who to ask to do what in saving lost family and friends. You clearly say it is Your will to pray for all people, 1 Tim 2:1-2, and this pleases You for You will all to be saved and come to know The Truth, 1 Tim 2:3-4. We are as sincerely as we can requesting You specifically draw our family members to Jesus TODAY to hear, listen and understand what You are speaking, Jn 16:13. Grant faith, repentance from sin, Acts 3:19, the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of our sins, Lk 1:77. Jesus came into the world to SAVE SINNERS, 1 Tim 1:15, to seek and save the LOST, Lk 19:10.

Just to be clear, we're not saying there is no human responsibility in salvation, for after having made a habitable world with water, oxygen, photosynthesis, and creating humans in Your image, giving them brains, lungs, ears and eyeballs -- Saul, being struck down to the earth while on the way to Damascus, Acts 9:1-9, Acts 9:10-22, in misdirected zeal turned to wrath to imprison Jesus' followers (Acts 26:9-23), and blind for three days, and seeing a vision of a disciple (by name) come to lay hands on him, restore his sight, and Paul is filled with the Holy Spirit, and says, "So I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision," Acts 26:19 -- We are only maintaining what Jesus, John, Luke, Paul, James, Peter and The Bible (Moses, Job, David, Isaiah) make plainly evident -- "All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one -- no one seeks for God, No, not even one," Ps 14:2-3, Ps 53:2-3, Rom 3:10-11, Isaiah 53:6, Gen 6:12, etc... To SUMMARIZE in the vernacular -- "Without You Actin' FIRST, they ain't NOTHIN' Goin' On," Rom 11:36...

Help us LEARN the elementary teachings of Christ (The FOUNDATION of REPENTANCE and FAITH toward GOD,) Heb 6:1-2, and "Lift Jesus Higher" through "the foolishness of preaching Christ, Messiah -- CRUCIFIED," 1 Cor 2:2-9, Since there is no other Name given under heaven by which people can be saved, Acts 4:12, and they are perishing in their sins without faith in the One who You gave to save them, Jn 3:16-19.

Jesus, Your Last Words before ASCENDING BODILY TO HEAVEN are ALL Great Commission AND Holy Spirit "We Need BOTH, or we have purpose without power, or power without purpose" -- As Brother ### astutely observed AND maintained, Matt 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-20, Luke 24:46-47, John 20:21, Acts 2:8-9 -- "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to Myself,” John 12:32. Let us "contend for the faith that was handed over once for all to the church," Jude 1:3, "First preached by Christ, confirmed by His Apostles, miracles, signs, wonders and gifts of The Holy Spirit," Heb 2:3-4. Give vision AND visions, Joel 2:28-30 — for without revelation we go unrestrained, Prov 29:18, and with it we have specific direction, Gen 46:2, Matt 2:13, Acts 9:12, Acts 16:9, Pretty much the whole of Zechariah, Daniel, Revelation... Protect us all from sin, Ps 119:11, temptation, Lk 11:4, evil, Mt 6:13, evil people, 2 Tim 3:5, 2 Thes 3:2, deceivers, 2 Tim 3:13, deception, Matt 24:4-5, and the evil one, 1 Peter 5:8-9, Rev 12:9, Jn 17:15, 1 Jn 5:18-19. Keep us in Your ways, Prov 4:18. We thank you for these requests and the peace that guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus Name, Phil 4:6-7, Amen, 2 Cor 1:20

 

[Articles]

We join with you wholeheartedly in this prayer for the Father to draw us and our loved ones to Jesus, for we know this is the very heart of God.

We love how you have anchored this request in the truth of Scripture, that no one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws them, and that when Jesus is lifted up He will draw all people to Himself. We agree that salvation is wholly of the Lord and yet calls for our response. As it is written, No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day John 6:44, and I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself John 12:32. We rejoice that you understand both the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man, as Paul said, So then I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision Acts 26:19. God acts first, for as you quoted, all have turned away, they have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one. There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God Romans 3:10-11, and yet He commands all people everywhere to repent Acts 17:30.

We also rejoice that you have come in the name of Jesus, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12, and Jesus Himself said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6. It is only through faith in His shed blood and bodily resurrection that we have access to the Father and the forgiveness of sins.

We pray together with you:

Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, we thank You that it is Your will that we pray for all people, and that You desire all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth 1 Tim 2:3-4. We thank You for Your promise that it is Your will that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life John 6:40. Today, as today is the day of salvation 2 Cor 6:2, we ask You to draw our family members, our friends, and all those who are lost and perishing to Jesus. By Your Holy Spirit, not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of Armies Zech 4:6, open their eyes and ears to hear and understand what the Spirit is saying John 16:13.

Grant them godly sorrow that leads to repentance Acts 3:19, and grant them faith to believe. Give them the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins Luke 1:77, for Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners 1 Tim 1:15 and to seek and to save that which was lost Luke 19:10. We ask that You lift Jesus high through us, through the preaching of Christ crucified 1 Cor 1:23, for we know faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ Romans 10:17.

Father, help us to learn the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God Heb 6:1, and to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints Jude 1:3, that faith which was confirmed by signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit Heb 2:4. Pour out Your Spirit upon us as You promised, that our sons and daughters will prophesy and see visions Joel 2:28, and where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint, but one who keeps the law is blessed Prov 29:18. Give us specific direction and keep our feet in Your paths Prov 4:18.

Protect us and our loved ones from sin, from temptation Luke 11:4, from evil Matt 6:13, from evil men 2 Thess 3:2, and from the evil one 1 John 5:18, for our adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour 1 Peter 5:8. Keep us from deception Matt 24:4 and deliver us from every evil work.

We thank You Father that as we make our requests known to You, Your peace which surpasses all understanding will guard our hearts and our thoughts in Christ Jesus Phil 4:7. We ask all these things trusting that You who began a good work will be faithful to complete it, and that You are able to keep all that the Father has given to the Son, that none should be lost John 6:39. We pray this in the mighty and only saving name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

 

[Powers]

I prayed with you for this, in Jesus' powerful Name, Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how deeply you long to see your family and friends come to Jesus, and how much thought you have given to God's part and ours. That burden is holy and we are grateful you brought it to us.

We love how you put it, God's 99 percent and our 1 percent. It captures what we see so often. We can love, pray, speak honestly about Jesus, and live in a way that lifts Him up, but only God can open eyes and draw a heart. That takes pressure off you and keeps hope rooted where it belongs, not in finding the perfect words but in trusting the One who already desires them to know the truth.

If it helps, keep it simple going forward. Keep praying for them by name as you are, asking the Father to draw them today. Keep lifting up Jesus in ordinary conversation and kindness when doors open, and then rest in His timing. Some hearts turn quickly like Saul on the road, others slowly, but God is patient and He hears each prayer you have prayed.

Father, we thank You for this brother's love for his family and friends. We ask You to draw each one closer to Jesus, open their ears to hear and give them faith to believe. Give our friend peace as he waits and courage to keep loving them well. Use his life to show Christ clearly. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer breathes the very spirit of dependence upon sovereign grace, and we have joined our hearts with yours before the throne.

You have rightly set forth the truth that salvation is of God alone. He only is our rock and our salvation, and He works in us to will and to do of His good pleasure. As the Scriptures you have quoted declare, there is none that seeks after God, no not one, and no man can come unto Christ except the Father which hath sent Him draw him. Without His first acting, there is nothing going on, for of Him and through Him and to Him are all things. Yet you have also held fast to human responsibility, as when Saul was struck down on the road to Damascus and was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. So we pray that those for whom you intercede may hear, and having heard, may come.

We take encouragement with you that intercessory prayer is the sweetest prayer God ever hears, for the prayer of Christ Himself is of this character, and there is nothing which intercessory prayer cannot do when offered through Him. It benefits those who use it, it enlarges the soul, and God has often used it as the instrument to save souls whose names are known to Him alone. Remember the words, open thy mouth wide and I will fill it, for God gives prayer as well as the answer to prayer. We are to make a vacuum for God to fill, and He will fill it with Christ, who is God's salvation itself. Wherever our eyes spiritually light upon Him, there we see salvation, for the anointed Savior has full power to save, and He is able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by Him.

We join you in asking the Father to draw your family members today, for now is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation. We ask that by the Holy Spirit, not by might nor by power, He would grant repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of sins, and that they who are lost may be sought and found by Him who came to save sinners. We pray that Christ lifted up, Christ crucified, may be set before them in the foolishness of preaching, since there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved, and that they may look to the Son and believe and have eternal life.

Continue steadfastly in this work, lifting Jesus higher, contending for the faith once delivered, and calling upon God in the day of trouble, which is a truthful recognition of Him and brings honor to Him when He delivers. We also join your petitions for keeping, that the Lord would guard you and yours from sin and temptation and evil and the evil one, and keep you in His ways, and cause His peace which passes all understanding to guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

We will not cease to pray for you, that the Lord would confirm His word with signs following, give you vision and direction, and raise up those for whom you plead at the last day, to the praise of His glorious grace.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.