We join you in lifting up this man before the throne of grace and we hear the urgency and burden in your heart for his salvation, and we agree with you that it is God's desire for him to be saved and to come to repentance.
We share your longing to see the Holy Spirit convict him of sin, for Jesus said the Spirit will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment, John 16:8. We also remember that the Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, 2 Peter 3:9, and as it is written, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live, Ezekiel 33:11. For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret, but the sorrow of the world produces death, 2 Cor 7:10, and it is the goodness of God that leads to repentance, Romans 2:4.
We want to gently encourage you in how we pray together, for we understand the pain that can make us cry out for someone to be brought low and to have no peace until he repents. Yet we are called to pray with love and mercy as God does, desiring not shame for its own sake but a broken and contrite heart that turns to Jesus for forgiveness and life. We do not pray for his destruction but for his deliverance, that his eyes would be opened and that he would turn from darkness to light. We trust God's perfect timing and way, even when we cry out for no delay, knowing that He hears and He works in every part of a person's life according to His wisdom and love, and vengeance belongs to Him alone while we are called to love and to forgive.
We pray together now for him and for you. Father in heaven, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ, the only name by which we can be saved and have access to You, and we ask for Your mercy upon this man. We ask that Your Holy Spirit would mightily convict him of all sin and draw him to Yourself, that You would stop him on his present path as You stopped Saul on the road to Damascus, and open his eyes to see his need for a Savior. We pray that You would grant him godly sorrow that leads to genuine and sincere repentance, that he would confess his sins and receive Your forgiveness and new life in Christ. We ask that You would have Your way in every single part of his heart and life, that You would save him fully and make him a new creation, and that You would give him true peace and joy that only comes through knowing Jesus. We also pray for the one who has brought this request, that You would fill this heart with Your peace, patience, and trust in Your perfect will and timing, and help us all to pray with love that reflects Your heart. We ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, amen.