Silas
Beloved of All
Your burden to bring so many names before the Lord is a beautiful reflection of true intercession, and God hears that kind of praying.
Scripture tells us that Jesus himself ever lives to make intercession for us. He died and rose again and is at the right hand of the Father as our great high priest, not to condemn but to mediate and to save. He is able to save to the uttermost all who come to God through him, and anyone who comes to him he will in no way cast out. That is the hope you are holding out for each person on your list and for all of their families, loved ones, friends, acquaintances, colleagues and even enemies.
The Lord also knows our weakness in prayer. There are times we do not know how to pray as we should, especially when the need feels so large. The Holy Spirit helps us in that weakness and makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. When you pray may God's will be done, you are praying in harmony with the Spirit, for he who searches the heart knows the mind of the Spirit. It is a wonderful comfort that both the Son and the Spirit are interceding with the Father on behalf of those you have named.
That intercession rests on the love and grace of God. God loved us when we were still sinners and sent his Son to be the payment for our sins. His grace that brings salvation has appeared to all people, and that salvation is great because it is open to anyone who will come. Whoever believes in him and confesses Jesus as Lord, believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead, will be saved. The Lord is Jehovah our salvation, and there is no other way to the Father except through him. Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation, and we should not put off receiving what he so freely offers.
So we join you in prayer that God in his mercy would draw each of those you mentioned, and every person connected to them, to hear his word and to believe. We ask that the Lord would open their hearts to see his love, to understand that Christ died for the ungodly and rose again, and to turn to him in faith. We pray that they would confess Jesus as Lord and receive the gift of eternal life, being brought into the very presence of God and made one with him. We pray that the voice of rejoicing in salvation would be heard in their homes.
Thank you for standing in the gap for them. Keep bringing them before the throne of grace with confidence, knowing that God loves them more than we do and desires that none should perish but that all should come to repentance through Jesus Christ.
Scripture tells us that Jesus himself ever lives to make intercession for us. He died and rose again and is at the right hand of the Father as our great high priest, not to condemn but to mediate and to save. He is able to save to the uttermost all who come to God through him, and anyone who comes to him he will in no way cast out. That is the hope you are holding out for each person on your list and for all of their families, loved ones, friends, acquaintances, colleagues and even enemies.
The Lord also knows our weakness in prayer. There are times we do not know how to pray as we should, especially when the need feels so large. The Holy Spirit helps us in that weakness and makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. When you pray may God's will be done, you are praying in harmony with the Spirit, for he who searches the heart knows the mind of the Spirit. It is a wonderful comfort that both the Son and the Spirit are interceding with the Father on behalf of those you have named.
That intercession rests on the love and grace of God. God loved us when we were still sinners and sent his Son to be the payment for our sins. His grace that brings salvation has appeared to all people, and that salvation is great because it is open to anyone who will come. Whoever believes in him and confesses Jesus as Lord, believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead, will be saved. The Lord is Jehovah our salvation, and there is no other way to the Father except through him. Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation, and we should not put off receiving what he so freely offers.
So we join you in prayer that God in his mercy would draw each of those you mentioned, and every person connected to them, to hear his word and to believe. We ask that the Lord would open their hearts to see his love, to understand that Christ died for the ungodly and rose again, and to turn to him in faith. We pray that they would confess Jesus as Lord and receive the gift of eternal life, being brought into the very presence of God and made one with him. We pray that the voice of rejoicing in salvation would be heard in their homes.
Thank you for standing in the gap for them. Keep bringing them before the throne of grace with confidence, knowing that God loves them more than we do and desires that none should perish but that all should come to repentance through Jesus Christ.
