Posts Tagged ‘ Prayer ’
Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.
Colossians 4:2, CSB
God deserves our thanks, and we find our thankfulness increases as we focus on God and giving Him our gratitude.
Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
James 5:13, CSB
We are in a spiritual war, and our prayers for each other and praises to God help us while pushing back against evil and demonic forces.
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:37-38, CSB
We love the Church, for we are sent out by God to reach people for Christ as the Body of Christ, encouraging each other to rely on Hod who is already working in the harvest.
“Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:38, CSB
Love should push us to pray for the lost and be willing to take the gospel to them
In the West, we are not as aware of what persecution against Christians is like. Pastors get comfortable, congregants are often apathetic (largely due to ignorance), and and non-regular attenders and non-Christians rarely care enough about to if they know of it to check. Many in our culture may even come across disagreement or inconvenience and think faith is not worth it.
Extreme persecution still happens. When people are so desperate for Christ that they willingly face violence and hatred but we prefer to stay comfortable, it shows the disparity as well as why Jesus said it is so hard for the wealthy to enter the Kingdom (Matthew 19:16-29; Mark 10:17-30; Luke 18:18-30). Even most of our poor and homeless are better off than half the world.
Let us pray for Jimmy’s work and that the pastors and others he teaches remain faithful and strong in the Lord.
Daniel
This is a report from the field.
Ministry Travels lesson: Forced to live in Prison Restroom but privileged to preach the Gospel
“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7, CSB
God loves us and wants what’s best for us. He calls us to seek Him first and foremost, and He will meet all our needs.
and my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14, CSB
God loves us and calls us to repentance and to love Him. May we humbly accept our need for God and seek Him, praying for others out of love for God and their souls.
Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer.
Romans 12:12, CSB
A life of holiness leans on Christ, empowered to patience, and seeks God daily for His glory and for the needs of others.
Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, CSB
The power of Christ moves in us by the Holy Spirit, empowering us to live lives of joyous gratitude in prayer, no matter the circumstances.
Therefore, I tell you, everything you pray and ask for — believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24, CSB
God is in control and cares for us, and He makes sure we have everything we need as we ask Him according to His will, and often more than we ask.
a simple man of God 