I'm taking this time in prayer to put down on cyberspace paper the actual things for which I am praying. Specifically, what I believe to be the perfect will of Christ: To seek and to save that which is lost. As I approach the throne for intercession, I call out to the Most High God to save those who live in my village. That is about 266 souls. Since I often go a little farther than the 3 mile confines of this village, I meet hundreds of people from surrounding towns, states and countries. I lift my prayer to the Lord for the salvation of those, even as I look into their eyes. Since my sphere of influence is only in the hundreds while 6.5 billion souls are on earth, I request the help of the Church.
My prayer, O God, Most High, is for the Church to diligently seek your face and be used of you, even for the reason you came. She must be a Church of prayer. She must follow the lead of prayerful leadership. That is pastoral, music and teaching leaders. Are they given to prayer and the ministry of the Word? If prayer is minimal, effect will be minimal. I pray, O God, cause prayer to be the primary function of the Church. Minimizing prayer minimizes all ministry.
O God, let those who pastor the churches be more given to prayer than anything else. Let sleep never be more precious than prayer. Convict, O God. Coax them into the prayer closet. Post your angels about them for their protection in that time of prayer. Let their times of prayer be sweet, transfiguring and powerful to move your mighty hand on earth.
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ReplyDeleteI like your thinking. I, like you, sometime begin praying for salvation for people in an ever increasing circle, usually starting with a friend or family member, and then that circle grows. I realize God has no problem taking in the 6.5 billion people on earth in a single thought, just as we can take in an entire valley with a sweeping gaze and still comprehend most of the details of what we just took in. God on a much more intimate basis knows all of us through and through. But when I find myself praying for all of the US, or indeed all of the world, I feel a bit out of place, as if who am I to pray for those I don't even know? But I like your thinking of praying for the Church, and for the focus on prayer, and for God's enabling the Church for the task of reaching those within her reach.
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