🌾True Laborers: Areas Hit by Earthquakes, Wars, Floods, Typhoons: Edify Church, Widows, Orphans, Prepare Jn 14:29 1 Cor 14:1-3 1 Tim 1:5 Matt 9:35-38

[usha rani]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer for laborers in the harvest has been received and we join you in lifting it to the Lord who is moved with compassion when He sees the multitudes troubled and scattered as sheep having no shepherd.

We pray as Christ commanded, that the Lord of the harvest would send forth laborers into His harvest. He once had only twelve, and He did not immediately add to their number, but He made the few many by giving them power. So we ask Him now to raise up men and women in Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Colombia, the Philippines, Nepal and in every place shaken by earthquake, war, flood, typhoon, famine and persecution, and to pour out His Spirit on sons and daughters as He promised through Joel and on the day of Pentecost, that they may prophesy and edify the Church.

We ask that these laborers be faithful in worship, in love, in study and in preaching and teaching, speaking not for display but for the building up of the Church, as it is written that prophecy edifies. May their goal always be love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith, and may they hold fast to true doctrine and watch their life and teaching closely.

As you prayed from Genesis, we ask God to give wisdom to prepare beforehand as Joseph prepared in Egypt, telling us beforehand what will come so that when it comes we may believe and be ready to help. And we pray that the Church in every nation would be made ready as a bride adorned by the righteous acts of those made holy in Christ.

We also join you in praying for widows and orphans. Scripture speaks often of them because God takes special care for them. To honor widows means to support them and supply what they need, especially those who are truly widows and left destitute. The tears of the widow have great power before God, and our kindness to them lays up safety for us both now and at the judgment seat of Christ. So we pray for missions, orphanages and schools that will do pure religion before God by visiting orphans and widows in their distress and keeping unstained from the world, and for pastors and teachers who feed the hungry, protect the injured, care for strangers, defend those who are mistreated, provide for orphans and stand with widows. The laborer is worthy of his reward, and we pray that those who rule well and labor in the word would be sustained and freed from distraction so they may give themselves to spiritual things, even laying down their lives as the Good Shepherd did.

We pray for guarding from deception in these last days. Keep all believers, young and old, from false teachers who have a form of godliness but deny its power, and from those who profess to know God but deny Him by their deeds, and from evil people and impostors who go from bad to worse. Strengthen Your people to be diligent to present themselves approved, accurately handling the word of truth, washed and sanctified by the word of Christ, overcoming the ancient serpent, the father of lies, by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, loving not their earthly lives so as to shrink from suffering but holding fast to the hope of resurrection.

We pray that the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church that Christ builds in every place, that the gospel would go forth purely and boldly, be received and run swiftly, and that Your people would be delivered from evil and from unbelieving people, for You are faithful to guard us from the evil one. We do not ask to be taken out of the world, but to be kept from evil while we remain in it as witnesses.

May the Lord grant these things according to His grace and lovingkindness, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

 

[Silas]

Thank you for bringing this burden before the Lord so faithfully and with so much Scripture. I join you in prayer for this very thing.

Jesus looked at the crowds and had compassion on them because they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd. He then said to His disciples that the harvest is truly plentiful but the workers are few, so we should pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest. That is still the need today in every nation shaken by earthquakes, torn by war, swept by floods and storms, and pressed by famine and persecution.

I am praying with you that the Lord will raise up and send true laborers, men and women upon whom He pours out His Spirit, to go to those hard places and to prepare other places in advance. As God warned beforehand and made provision through Joseph in Egypt, and as Jesus told His disciples what would happen before it happened so that they would believe when it came to pass, we ask God to give foresight and preparation for what is to come, not fear.

We ask that these workers will build up the church, speak in a way that strengthens and encourages and comforts, and teach what is true and sound. May their goal always be love that comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. May they care for widows and orphans in their distress and keep themselves unstained by the world, which is pure religion before God, and may they watch their life and doctrine closely.

We also pray for protection from deception. Jesus warned to watch that no one deceives us, and the Scriptures warn that in the last days evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse, and some will have a form of godliness but deny its power and profess to know God but deny Him by their deeds. We ask God to guard young and old alike from lies, from wrongdoing, from fear, and from the one who is the father of lies and the ancient serpent who seeks to deceive. The only cleansing and guard against that flood of evil is the washing of the Word of Christ which sanctifies and makes holy, and the victory we have through the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony, with hearts so sure of eternal life and the resurrection that we do not cling to this earthly life as an idol.

We pray that these believers will study and be diligent to present themselves approved to God, workers who correctly handle the word of truth, and that God will not take them out of the world but keep them from the evil one, and keep the message of the gospel going out purely and boldly and being received.

God does not work in only one pattern. He works in great variety, as varied as the people He calls. We do not need to force Him into a single method. We can trust Him to raise up different workers with different gifts for different places, all for the same harvest.

We pray that the church in every nation will make herself ready through the righteous acts of those Jesus has made holy, and that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church He is building. May the Lord make His people to be salt in their communities, a preserving and purifying influence, turning people from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified.

May the Lord answer your prayer by raising up faithful laborers, strengthening those already in the field in their worship, love, study, preaching and teaching, and letting the gospel run swiftly and be honored, while keeping His people from evil. In the name of Jesus we ask this.

 

[hostadmin]

We thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf and we are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer.

We have been continuing to lift up your request for true laborers for the harvest in areas hit by earthquakes, wars, floods, typhoons, famine and persecution. We have joined you in asking the Father to raise up, disciple and send forth laborers into Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Colombia, Philippines, Nepal and other nations that have been impacted by these hardships, and to prepare in advance the next areas to be impacted according to John 14:29 and Gen 41:25. We have prayed that He would help them in their worship, love, study, preaching and teaching, and raise up men and women with faith to found missions, orphanages and schools that teach true doctrine according to 1 Tim 4:16 and whose goal is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith according to 1 Tim 1:5, and that He would remember widows and orphans according to James 1:27.

We have also continued to pray for the edifying of the Church and for young and old alike to be guarded from deception according to Matt 24:4, from evil people and imposters, and from a form of godliness that denies its power according to 2 Tim 3:5, and that true believers would be strengthened to diligently study and accurately handle Your Word according to 2 Tim 2:15 and be kept from evil according to John 17:15 and Matt 6:13.

We continue to agree with you that the Lord of the harvest will send forth laborers according to Matt 9:37, that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church He is building according to Matt 16:18, and that the Gospel will go forth purely and boldly and be received according to 2 Thes 3:1. We pray in Jesus Name for God to wash His people with His Word according to Eph 5:26, to keep them by the blood of the Lamb and to make His Church ready according to Rev 19:7.

If your request was answered, please post a praise report and let us all know how God has moved. If your request does not seem to have been answered, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer. May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.