Heavenly Father, seek after and pursue Stephen (Mt. 18:12-14; Lk. 15:4-6; 19:10). Deliver Stephen from following a dark and dangerous path of sin (Mt. 19:6). Deliver this wayward person from all the paths of corruption and destruction into which he haas fallen(Ps. 55:23; Isa. 38:17; Matt. 12:11; Lk. 14:5). Lord with Your Holy Spirit open the heart of Stephen to the convicting power of the gospel. Let that guilt and conviction turn him from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God (Acts 26:18; Jn. 6:8). Deliver this person from the prison house of sin and spiritual bondage (Ps. 142:7; 146:7; Jn. 8:36). Break the cords of sin that bind Stephen (Ps. 68:6; Prov. 5:22). Guide this person to repentance and a transformed heart (Lk. 15:17-19; Rom. 2:4; Jude 15). Help him to become reconciled to God and justified by faith through the shed blood of Christ and obtain an inheritance among all them that are sanctified (Acts 26:18; Rom. 5:1). Let no weapon be formed against this person being able to come to repentance (Isa. 54:17). Allow doors of opportunity for Stephen to receive the gospel, come to repentance, accept Christ as Lord and Savior, and be transformed by the power of the cross (Isa. 53:5; Rom. 4:25, 5:8-11; 2 Cor. 2:12). All this we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, amen
“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.†Jesus Christ, Acts 26:18
“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.†Rom. 4:25
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out…†Acts 3:19
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise…but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish but that all men should come to repentance.†2 Pet. 3:9
“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance.†Rom. 2:4
