🌩️ 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

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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
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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 in this beautiful and biblically grounded prayer and we say amen to your cry that the Father would draw us, our families, and all people to Jesus.

You have prayed according to the revealed will of God and we stand in agreement with you. You are right to anchor this in the truth that no one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him, and that Jesus promised when He is lifted up He will draw all people to Himself. 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 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself John 12:32. We rejoice that you have lifted up Christ crucified, 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.

We also agree with your careful balance of divine sovereignty and human responsibility. You are correct that salvation is not by our might or power but by the Spirit of God, as it is written Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of Armies Zechariah 4:6, and yet God calls each person to respond. We remember the example you gave of Saul who was confronted by the risen Christ and then said So I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision Acts 26:19. God acts first, for we all like sheep have gone astray, everyone has turned to his own way Isaiah 53:6 and There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God Romans 3:11, yet He commands all people everywhere to repent Acts 17:30 and grants repentance leading to life. We pray that your family and ours will not be disobedient to His gracious drawing.

We love your heart for lost family and friends and for the people of Switzerland and beyond. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth 1 Timothy 2:3-4. We are instructed to make petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks for all people 1 Timothy 2:1, and we do so now with you.

We pray together for this.

Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, we thank You that it is Your will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life John 6:40. We ask You today, for today is the day of salvation 2 Corinthians 6:2, to draw our family members, our loved ones, and all who are perishing without Christ to Jesus. Open their ears to hear Your voice, open their eyes to see the truth of the gospel, and open their hearts to understand. Grant them repentance to the knowledge of the truth 2 Timothy 2:25 and faith toward God Hebrews 6:1. Grant them repentance and the forgiveness of sins Luke 24:47 and the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins Luke 1:77. We ask You to pour out Your Holy Spirit according to Your promise that You will pour out Your Spirit on all flesh Joel 2:28, give revelation and direction, for where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint Proverbs 29:18, and keep us all in the narrow way that shines brighter and brighter until the perfect day Proverbs 4:18.

Lord Jesus, we lift You up as the crucified and risen Savior who came to seek and to save that which was lost Luke 19:10 and who came into the world to save sinners 1 Timothy 1:15. We ask for boldness to preach Christ and Him crucified 1 Corinthians 2:2 and to fulfill the Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations Matthew 28:19 and preach the Good News to the whole creation Mark 16:15, always in the power of Your Holy Spirit promised in Acts 1:8. Confirm Your word with signs and wonders as You will Hebrews 2:4.

Father, protect us and our families from sin, from temptation, from evil, and from the evil one John 17:15. Guard us from deceptive spirits and false teaching Matthew 24:4, from evil men 2 Thessalonians 3:2, and keep us from stumbling. Let Your word be hidden in our hearts that we might not sin against You Psalm 119:11.

We thank You that when we bring these requests to You, the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard our hearts and our thoughts in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:7. We trust not in our own strength but in You, for from You and through You and to You are all things Romans 11:36. Do Your 99 percent that only You can do, and by Your grace help us to be faithful in our one percent to hear, to obey, to pray, and to proclaim Jesus. We ask all this in the saving and mighty name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

Thank you for sharing this heavy and hopeful burden for your family. We hear your love for them and your desire for them to know Jesus, and we join you in bringing them to the Father.

It is a comfort to remember that salvation is entirely God's gracious work from beginning to end, and that He invites us to ask Him to draw those we love. Your faithfulness in praying specifically for them matters, even when you cannot see what God is doing in their hearts.

One simple way to stay steady in this season is to keep praying for each person by name each day, asking the Lord to give you natural, unforced moments to speak of Jesus with gentleness and clarity as He opens doors. You do not have to carry the weight of their response, only remain faithful in love and prayer and trust the Holy Spirit to work in His timing.

We are praying with you.

Father, thank You for loving this family even more than we do. We ask You to draw each one to Jesus, open their hearts to hear Your voice, and grant them faith and repentance. Give our friend peace as he waits and wisdom for each conversation. In Jesus name, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer for your family breathes the very spirit which God Himself must first work in the heart, for it is God that writes intercession upon men's hearts. That you are moved to cry that the Father would draw them to Jesus is no small mercy, and it gives hope that He who has taught you to pray will also hear your prayer.

You have rightly understood the great truth that no man can come to Christ except the Father which hath sent Him draw him. All have turned away, there is none that seeketh after God, no not one, and unless sovereign grace take the first step, nothing will be done. Salvation is God's greatest work, and in it He teaches us that He is God and beside Him there is none else. He saith, Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth. How simple and how instantaneous is that way. A look does not require a moment, yet it brings eternal and certain salvation to all that come to God by Him.

Take comfort then in this, that the way of salvation is plainly set before sinners. The Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed. To believe on Him is to trust in Him, to depend upon Him without fear as to present and eternal salvation, to leave the whole matter of your soul in His hands with unquestioning confidence. It is not believing about Him, but believing on Him, on His Person, for He Himself is salvation. There is no salvation to be obtained from priests or forms or ceremonies, and there is no other name given under heaven whereby we must be saved, but Christ crucified. Faith must be urged, for without it there is no salvation, yet when a man believeth in Christ with all his heart his salvation is secure beyond hazard.

You ask how you shall pray aright, and here the Holy Spirit helpeth our infirmities. We know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us and for the saints in a proper manner. His intercession creates prayers offered in a right manner, and when you are found pleading for the souls of others you are in sympathy with your Divine Saviour who made intercession for the transgressors and who ever liveth to make intercession for His people within the veil.

Therefore persevere as Samuel did, who said God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. It is a great advance upon anxiety for our own salvation when we have risen into the broader region of care for a brother's soul. If you desire the salvation of any, you ought to tell him as best you can what his condition is and what the way of salvation is. Lift Jesus higher, preach Christ crucified, for that foolishness of preaching is the power of God unto salvation. Bring the horse to the water, and God must make him drink, but you are to bring him faithfully.

Be encouraged concerning your household. The Lord often calls an individual and then uses him to be as a spiritual decoy to bring the rest of the family into the gospel net. He is able to make a rejoicing family out of a renewed family, and to grant that faith and repentance toward God which is the foundation of the gospel. Continue to contend for the faith once delivered, to ask for the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of sins, and to look for the Lord to keep you from sin and temptation and the evil one, while you walk in His ways.

May the Lord grant to you and to those for whom you pray that you may look and live, that you may believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved, and that your house may yet rejoice together in the God of all grace who giveth salvation without money and without price.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[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, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. 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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[Chrysostom]

We have heard your prayer and we join you in it with thanksgiving, for you have asked according to the will of God who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

You have rightly remembered that no one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him, and that Jesus himself promised that when he is lifted up he will draw all people to himself. This drawing is not by human might or power but by the Holy Spirit, and yet it calls for our response. As you noted with Paul, who was struck down and then was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, God acts first, and we are called to hear, to listen, to repent and to believe. All have turned aside and no one seeks God on his own, so we depend entirely on his mercy to open eyes and grant faith and repentance.

We give thanks with you that Christ did not only die but ever lives to make intercession for those who come to God through him. He is able to save to the uttermost because he lives forever. He who has all judgment and who will send his angels still pleads for us in love, and the Father himself beseeches people to be reconciled through Christ. This is the great love that gives us confidence to keep praying for your family and friends who are still lost.

Now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation. The Scriptures urge us not to delay, for today when we hear his voice we are to respond. We pray with you that God would draw your loved ones today, that he would grant them ears to hear what the Spirit is saying, faith to look to the Son and believe in him, repentance that turns from sin, and the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of sins. We pray that they would see that Jesus came to seek and to save the lost, and that there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.

We also pray that you would be strengthened to lift Jesus higher and to keep preaching Christ crucified, for that is the foolishness through which God saves those who believe. The mysteries of his birth from the Virgin, his cross, his blood poured out, and his bodily ascension are all for our salvation, and they call us to continual thanksgiving. Let thanksgiving go before every word and work, as you remember so many benefits.

We ask the Lord to keep you and your family from sin, temptation, evil and deception, and to guard your hearts and minds with his peace. We ask him to give you clear direction and steadiness as you contend for the faith once delivered, trusting not in your own strength but in the Holy Spirit who alone can bring new life.

We will continue to pray with you that the Father will draw you, your family, and all who hear, to Jesus, that none whom he has given will be lost but will be raised up at the last day to eternal life. Amen.

 

[Silas]

Your prayer reflects exactly what Scripture teaches about how salvation comes, and it is good to bring your family before the Lord in this way.

You are right to put the emphasis where Jesus put it. No one can come to Him unless the Father draws him, as Jesus said in John 6:44, and Jesus also said that when He is lifted up He will draw all people to Himself in John 12:32. That is the hope for those you love who are still lost. Apart from God acting first there is no movement toward Him, for as the Psalms and Romans declare, there is none who seeks after God, no, not one, and all have turned aside. Salvation has been placed completely outside our own ability so that no one can boast. It rests on His grace, on His work through Jesus Christ, and even the faith to believe that work is a gift from Him.

At the same time Scripture keeps human responsibility. When Saul was struck down on the road to Damascus and made blind for three days, he still had to respond to what he had seen and heard, and his later testimony was, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision in Acts 26:19. God does what only He can do, which is the great part, and our part is to hear, to repent, and to believe. That is the foundation the writer of Hebrews speaks of, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

This is why your prayer for God to draw your family today is so fitting. The Bible says now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation in 2 Corinthians 6:2. The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all, as Paul wrote to Titus, and the invitation is open to whosoever will. Jesus said whoever comes to Him He will in no way cast out. It is a great salvation because it is open to anyone, even the lowest sinner, and because it was begun by the Lord Himself and brings many sons into glory. Jesus is the captain and originator of that salvation, made complete through His suffering, and through Him we are brought into the family of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Himself as the cornerstone.

You can pray with confidence because you are not praying alone. Jesus ever lives to make intercession for those who come to God by Him, and He is able to save to the uttermost. His priestly work is to represent us before the Father, and your intercession for your family joins His. The Father desires all to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth, as 1 Timothy 2:3-4 says, and He is pleased when we pray for all people.

Continue to lift Jesus up before them through the simple preaching of Christ crucified, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved in Acts 4:12, and faith comes by hearing the word of God. Pray for them, and also speak the word of the Lord to them as it was spoken to the jailer and to all who were in his house in Acts 16, where they heard, they believed, and they were baptized. God does not save a household apart from personal faith, but He delights to save households when each one hears and believes.

Remember also who you are in this process. You are His workmanship, His poem, a thing of grace and beauty made by His hands for good works that flow from salvation, not for salvation. He is not saving you by your works, for with men salvation is impossible, but with God all things are possible. It is not by might nor by power but by His Spirit, as Zechariah 4:6 says, that hearts are opened.

So keep asking the Father to draw them, to grant repentance and the forgiveness of sins, to give eyes to see and ears to hear as the Spirit guides into all truth. Ask Him to keep you and them from evil and deception, and to guard your hearts with His peace.

Father, thank You that salvation is Your gift through Jesus Christ alone, who is the way, the truth, and the life. Thank You that You desire all to be saved and that You draw people to Your Son. We ask in the name of Jesus that You would draw each member of this family today, open their hearts to hear Your word, grant them repentance and faith, and seal them with Your Holy Spirit. Lift Jesus before their eyes that they may look to Him and live. Do this not by our strength but by Your Spirit, for Your glory. Amen.