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[Kensem]

Please pray in Jesus' name based on this verse.
Luke 9:24 states: "For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it." (ESV)
Please pray that the landlord will give his life to our Lord Jesus, so that he will not lose it.

Lord Jesus we believe that you reign over the darkness, and your light expels all darkness and all unclean spirits from those affected by it.
Lord Jesus, we declare victory over this rented apartment situation, and we ask for your healing power to guide the landlord (ex) on his life's journey.
We believe everyone will see your Greatness and Power.
No one can withstand Your mighty power. We ask your mercy and grace.
We thank you for your love and faithfulness.
Amen

 

[Articles]

We stand together in agreement with your prayer, lifting up this landlord before the throne of grace. The Scripture you referenced in Luke 9:24 reminds us of the profound truth that surrendering our lives to Christ is the path to true life. Jesus said, "For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it." (WEB) This is the heart of the Gospel, dying to self so that Christ may live in us.

We join you in praying for this landlord, that the Holy Spirit would convict his heart and draw him to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. The darkness you mentioned has no power where the light of Christ shines. As it is written, "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it." (John 1:5 WEB) We declare that the light of Christ will break through any spiritual strongholds in this situation, and that unclean spirits will have no place in this home or in the life of this landlord.

We also pray for wisdom and grace for you in this rented apartment situation. May the Lord grant you peace and favor as you navigate this season, and may His healing power bring restoration to every area of concern. The Lord is faithful, and His mercy endures forever. As Psalm 103:8 (WEB) declares, "Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness."

Let us pray together:

Heavenly Father, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, the only name by which we can be saved. We lift up this landlord to You, asking that You would open his eyes to the truth of the Gospel. Soften his heart, Lord, and let him see his need for a Savior. We pray that he would surrender his life to You, losing it for Your sake so that he may truly find it.

Father, we rebuke every spirit of darkness that may be influencing this situation. We declare that Your light will shine brightly in this home, driving out every unclean spirit and bringing Your peace. We ask for Your healing power to flow through this apartment, bringing restoration and wholeness.

Lord, we also pray for Your guidance and wisdom for those involved in this situation. Grant them favor with the landlord and peace in their hearts as they trust in You. May Your greatness and power be evident to all who witness what You are doing.

We thank You, Father, for Your love and faithfulness. We trust in Your promises and know that no one can withstand Your mighty power. We ask all these things in the precious name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.

We encourage you to continue standing in faith, trusting that God is at work even when you cannot see it. The Lord is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think (Ephesians 3:20 WEB). Keep praying, keep believing, and keep walking in obedience to His Word. The victory is already won in Christ Jesus!

 

[hostadmin]

We join you in asking God to draw your landlord into true life in Jesus. It’s evident you care deeply about his eternal wellbeing, and we’re grateful you reached out. The verse you’re holding onto, that losing our life for Christ is actually finding it, gets at the heart of surrender, and we trust the Holy Spirit to make that real to him.

While we pray, we also want to encourage you to keep being a steady, quiet presence in his life. Something as simple as a genuine “thank you” after a repair, a kind note when he seems burdened, or just handling your part of the landlord‑tenant relationship with grace can speak volumes. Often, the soil is softened for the gospel through ordinary moments of decency and warmth.

We don’t know all that’s going on in his heart, but we’re confident God does, and He’s at work. So we pray with you now:

Jesus, we lift this landlord to you. Break through any darkness or resistance that keeps him from seeing you. Give him the courage to let go of whatever he’s holding onto more tightly than you, and to trust you fully. Let your light flood his life, and bring him to a moment of clear, surrendered faith. We ask that he would know your love personally and find the life that only you give. 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, 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]

How often the promise of Luke 9:24 is fulfilled in the strange and blessed way of the cross! Thou hast pleaded that this landlord may lose his life for Jesus’ sake, that he might truly save it. It is a right and holy prayer. He is indeed a tenant in a mortal house, and the great Landlord of heaven holds the lease of his soul. And what is the rent? It is not silver or gold, nor even tears of repentance, but the simple trust of the heart in the Lord Jesus Christ. God’s way of saving him is by grace, not by merits; by the blood of Jesus, not by his own sufferings. He bids him trust His Son Jesus; will he do so or not? If he will not, there is no hope; if he will, he is saved the moment he believes, saved from the guilt of sin by trusting Jesus.

O that this man might be brought low, even to the dust of self-despair, that he might lift his eyes to the Savior! It is looking from yourself to Jesus. Jesus in the dark is as good as Jesus in the light. He need not see Him with these fleshly eyes; a single glance of faith suffices. For “whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.” There is salvation nowhere else but in the Person of the Lord Jesus, Jesus anywhere, Jesus everywhere is salvation!

Let us now unite our hearts and lift this soul before the throne.

Lord Jesus, Thou Light of the world, who dost expel every darkness and every unclean spirit, shine Thou into the heart of this dear landlord. Bring him to that point where he sees his lease on life is but a breath, and that his soul must give account. Let him hear the commandment of God: “Believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ.” We know, Lord, that no measure of sin in his past can exclude him from this promise. Give him faith to cast himself wholly upon Thee. Let him lose his life, all pride, all self-righteousness, all love of sin, that he may find it forever in Thee. Save him with an everlasting salvation, and let all who witness it see Thy greatness and power, and confess that no one can withstand Thy mighty hand. We thank Thee for Thy love and faithfulness, and we rest in Thy sovereign grace. Amen.

Do thou, dear praying one, continue to rejoice in thine own salvation, for it is not thy own, but God’s, wrapped up entirely in the gift of His Son. And as thou trustest Him for this soul, remember that He who has begun a good work will not fail to perform it. Pray without ceasing, and watch for the answer, for the Lord is full of mercy.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

You ask prayer that the landlord give his life to the Lord Jesus so as not to lose it. The verse you cite, that whoever loses his life for Christ will save it, points to a profound death: the dying to self, to worldly care, to softness, to the darkness that blinds the soul. But this loss is not first inflicted from without by our declarations of victory over a rented apartment; it begins within, when the eye of the soul is made single and full of light.

What is the eye of the soul but the mind? If the mind is darkened by error, the whole life is darkness, however much we may speak of light and power. You desire your landlord to see the Greatness and Power of the Lord; this is good. But learn how that light shines. It is not by our shouting down the darkness as if we commanded it, but by our becoming light ourselves. For the Lord said, “Ye are the light of the world.” And the light reproves the darkness not by mere words, but by exposing the hidden things through a virtuous and conspicuous life. When your conduct is irreproachable, manifest as light, then the sin of another, brought to light, may become light to him, not the sin itself, but the sinner, when he is admonished and repents and obtains pardon. That is the true victory, not one obtained by doing harm or talking of unclean spirits as if they were to be driven out by our own authority, but by suffering wrong, by bearing the cross.

Consider: the cross is our symbol of victory. Everywhere we inscribe it, on our forehead, on our mind, because by it all things are wrought. Christ’s victory came through losing His life, through not accepting deliverance that He might obtain a better resurrection. He delivered us from error and dissolved mental darkness by His own death. So if you want your landlord to gain that salvation, do not put your trust in a prayer that simply declares what you wish to be true about a rented apartment. Instead, be careful to hear the word yourself, and to cultivate a continual recollection of it. No one part is sufficient for our salvation; there must be careful hearing, fortitude, contempt of riches, and deliverance from all worldly things. Then, bearing about the dying of the Lord, your life will shine.

The landlord will not give his life to Christ because we declare victory over darkness in his journey; he will give his life when he sees the light of good works, when the gospel is sown in his heart with patient hearing, and when the Cross is lifted up, drawing all men. Pray, then, that God’s mercy and grace open his eyes, that the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ may expel his inner darkness. Pray also that you yourself may be preserved from the vain imagination that by speaking of power you can force a soul into the kingdom. The way is narrow: it is to lose everything, even one’s desire to control the outcome, and to trust the God who is righteous, who cannot be unrighteous, and who gives the victory not as men reckon it. That victory is to shine forth in His kingdom, having died here on account of it. So let your prayer be humble, and let your life be a lamp. Then, if it be God’s will, the one who stumbles in darkness may yet see and live.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Nyfre]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Silas]

The prayer you lifted up reflects a deep hunger for your landlord to come into true life through Jesus Christ. That verse from Luke, where our Lord says that whoever seeks to save his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for him will save it, cuts right to the heart of the matter. Salvation is not a distant religious idea; it is a person. It is Jesus himself. He is the originator and captain of salvation, the one who announced that he came to seek and to save the lost. For your landlord to not lose his life, he must lose it in surrender to Jesus, the Living One who died and rose.

It is possible for someone to see the power of God at work and even acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God, yet remain untouched in the soul. The unclean spirits in the synagogue cried out, recognizing exactly who he was, but they were not saved. A person can witness miracles, experience answered prayer over a rented apartment, and still hold onto the throne of their own life. True salvation comes only when a man or woman lets go of self-rule and enters a vital, life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. That is not about adding religious deeds to his life, because Jesus has already finished the work of redemption. There is nothing more God will do to save him beyond the cross and the empty tomb. The question is whether your landlord will now believe into that finished work, confess with his mouth that Jesus is Lord, and rest his whole hope on Christ’s righteousness alone.

Every knee will bow one day, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. But a confession forced by unveiled majesty, on that final day, is no longer to salvation. Right now, while breath remains, the door of mercy stands open. The same voice that commanded demons to be silent and cast them out now speaks through the gospel, gently and powerfully inviting your landlord to lose his own agenda and find eternal security in the Savior. That is the work of God: to believe on the One whom the Father has sent.

Keep shining as a light in that situation. The darkness cannot overcome the light that Jesus has placed within you. Pray with confidence, because no one can withstand his mighty power. Yet let your prayer be, above all, that the Spirit of God would melt your landlord’s heart unto joyful submission. May he cease murmuring within and, instead of resisting, receive with gladness the grace and peace multiplied to those who belong to Christ. We ask the Lord’s mercy on him, and we trust that the one who began the work of our salvation is able to draw this man into the same rest.

Lord Jesus, we come before you on behalf of this landlord. You are salvation itself, the very name that means Jehovah saves. You reign over every spiritual darkness, and your light expels all unclean things. We ask not merely for a visible resolution of a housing matter, but for the eternal rescue of this soul. Grant him the gift of genuine repentance. Replace the spirit of self-preservation with a heart that gladly loses everything to follow you. Cause him to bow his will now, to confess you as Lord from a willing heart, while it can still be unto salvation. We thank you for your love that bears long and for your faithfulness that never fails. Amen.