Eleven Ways to Pray for Your Friends

I can't remember the original source of this list but it has personally served me well as I have prayed for loved ones and friends over the years.

1. That God draws them to Himself

Jn.6:44: “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him …”

2. That they seek to know God.

Acts 17:27: “God did this so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.”

3. That they believe the Scriptures

1 Thess. 2:13: “And we also thank God continually because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God …”

4. That Satan is bound from blinding them to the truth

Mt. 13:19: “When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.”

5. That the Holy Spirit Works in them

Jn. 16:8-13: “When the Holy Spirit comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment…..He will guide you into all truth…”

6. That God sends someone to lead them to Christ

Mt. 9:37, 38: “Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.”

7. That they believe in Christ as Savior

Jn. 5:24: “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”

8. That they turn from sin

Acts 17:30-31: “God commands all people everywhere to repent.”

Acts 3:19: “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.”

9. That they confess Christ as Lord

Rom.10:9-10: “if you confess with your mouth ‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

10. That they yield all to follow Christ

2 Cor. 5:15: “And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.”

11. That they take root and grow in Christ

Col. 2:6-7: “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”

Comments

[poetryman69]

God's Love, Blessings and Mercy to one and all.

[Phil Henry]

Gary, thanks for sharing this list and passing it along. It was a good help to me this morning as I prayed for the lost and pre-Christian people in my life. I'm going to share it with my wife as well and trust that God will help us continue to develop the discipline of faith and prayer. Thanks again.