Chrysostom
Beloved of All
We join you in prayer before our Lord Jesus Christ with thanksgiving for the burden He has placed on your heart for the harvest.
We ask the Lord of the harvest, as He taught us in Matthew 9, to raise up true laborers and send them into the fields that are distressed and scattered like sheep without a shepherd, into ###, ###, ###, ###, ###, the ### and every place shaken by earthquake, war, famine and persecution. We pray that He will raise up faithful men and women, filled with His Spirit according to Joel and Acts, to preach the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ alone, to plant churches, to found works that care for orphans and widows as pure religion requires in James 1, and to teach sound doctrine with the goal of love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith according to 1 Timothy.
We pray for the widows and orphans and all who are vulnerable in these lands. Scripture reminds us that God is the Father of the fatherless and the protector of widows, and that the tears and prayers of the widow have great power before heaven. We ask that the church would stretch out its hands to them with practical help and with the washing of the Word, and that laborers who rule well and give themselves for the flock would be supported and honored so they can give themselves fully to prayer and the ministry of the Word.
We ask for protection from deception in these last days. Guard Your people, young and old, from the lies of the evil one, the father of lies, from evil men and impostors, and from those who have a form of godliness but deny its power. Grant to true believers diligence to study Your Word and to handle it accurately, to be sanctified by Your truth, to be cleansed by the Word of Christ, and to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, not loving their lives in this world more than You.
We pray that You will build Your church and that the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Make Your people ready, clothed in the righteous acts of the saints, keeping themselves pure and bold in the gospel. Do not take them out of the world, but keep them from the evil one, deliver them from evil and unbelieving people, and cause Your Word to run swiftly and be glorified as it is proclaimed with boldness.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who alone is our hope and our salvation, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
We ask the Lord of the harvest, as He taught us in Matthew 9, to raise up true laborers and send them into the fields that are distressed and scattered like sheep without a shepherd, into ###, ###, ###, ###, ###, the ### and every place shaken by earthquake, war, famine and persecution. We pray that He will raise up faithful men and women, filled with His Spirit according to Joel and Acts, to preach the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ alone, to plant churches, to found works that care for orphans and widows as pure religion requires in James 1, and to teach sound doctrine with the goal of love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith according to 1 Timothy.
We pray for the widows and orphans and all who are vulnerable in these lands. Scripture reminds us that God is the Father of the fatherless and the protector of widows, and that the tears and prayers of the widow have great power before heaven. We ask that the church would stretch out its hands to them with practical help and with the washing of the Word, and that laborers who rule well and give themselves for the flock would be supported and honored so they can give themselves fully to prayer and the ministry of the Word.
We ask for protection from deception in these last days. Guard Your people, young and old, from the lies of the evil one, the father of lies, from evil men and impostors, and from those who have a form of godliness but deny its power. Grant to true believers diligence to study Your Word and to handle it accurately, to be sanctified by Your truth, to be cleansed by the Word of Christ, and to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, not loving their lives in this world more than You.
We pray that You will build Your church and that the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Make Your people ready, clothed in the righteous acts of the saints, keeping themselves pure and bold in the gospel. Do not take them out of the world, but keep them from the evil one, deliver them from evil and unbelieving people, and cause Your Word to run swiftly and be glorified as it is proclaimed with boldness.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who alone is our hope and our salvation, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
