Day 4 - Tuesday January 11
Today’s theme: Praying Salvation for the Lost
There are so many verses in the Word of God for salvation of those who are lost or far from God. In our prayer guide (pages 61-66) gives us an outline or a model to follow in praying for those who are far from God.
It is the harvest, the result of the revival, more lost people getting saved. This is the heart and the will of God. (nations, cities, schools, people)
2 Corinthians 4:4 (NIV) The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Why do people act the way they act? Well sometimes it’s because the god of this world has blinded the minds of those.
We know the world is dark. We know people are doing things they should not do. So we pray that if they can get a glimpse of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ, they will change - they will come to Christ.
We sometimes wonder if a person will ever get saved. But we’re not praying how evil or dark they are but that the glory and brilliance of Jesus will break through their mental bondage.
When the enemy turns on the darkness, we turn on the light. Our prayers are like breathing on the embers of the coals of faith and spiritual insight. When we pray, we are flipping on light switches in people’s lives.
So we pray that their minds will be freed from bondage and so that they will realize who Jesus is and they will receive Jesus and become part of His family.
Romans 8:15 (NIV) The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
Those that we never thought would change will be in our spiritual family.
Every time we pray, the light is growing. Every time we pray that person we are praying for is getting closer. Every time we pray, the wind of God is blowing on the embers ready to ignite their faith.
It’s sort of like lighting that fire cracker on the fourth of July. Many go off, but that one seems to be a dud. What do we do? We get closer to blow on it - and then an ember appears and then pops - it goes off (we probably don’t want to do that with a real fire cracker) and that is what our specific prayers can do for those that are far from God.
Today - let’s pray specifically for those who are lost or far from God, knowing that the Father can use our prayers as a wind (breath) on the embers of faith.
