The Bible Says:
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Isralites is that they may be saved.
Romans 10:1
Back on BlogPost Number 18, I posted about 2Timothy Chapter 2. In that, we read that God wants everybody to be saved. Jesus prayed for the unsaved. So did Paul in our focus scripture in Romans Chapter 10.
The nature and impact of this Blog Post is so important, so powerful, that I dare not edit or digress from
Dr. VanderGriend's teaching on this....http://bit.ly/hC46Bn He writes three directives for us....
First, we should pray that the unsaved will be drawn by the Father. Jesus said "No one comes to me unless the Father who sent me draws him" (John 6:44)
Second, we should pray that those who hear the gospel will understand it. Jesus warns that the evil one will come an dsnatch away the gospel seed sown ina person's heart if it is not understood (Matthew 13:19). The spiritual understanding and enlightenment required must come from God who is moved to respond to the prayers of his people.
Third, we should pray that unbeliever's eyes will be opened so that they can see the light. As we pray this prayer, we will once again be contending with the adversary, "the god of this age who has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ" (2Corinthians 4:4)Dr. VanderGriend, in Love to Pray, gives this testimony
A lighthous in Grand Rapids, Michigan, prayed for a yong man who had run away fromn home and joined a gang. The young man returned home and made a commitment to Christ. Later his gradfather gave his life to Christ shortly before he died, also in response to prayer.
Another Lighthouse in western Michigan saw four families come to the Lord after eight months of weekly meetings to pray for their neighbors.This is prayer evangelism, evangelism in which God moves in the hearts and lives of people in response to teh earnest prayers of believers.
Church, Who are you praying for?
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