We are connected in communities, aren’t we? Family people, church people, work people, and neighbors, friends, and on and on. We are social creatures, spending much of our time in proximity to other people.
These are people God put in our lives—to relate to, work with, share life with—and pray for. The Lord wants you and I to come to Him and ask for blessings on their behalf. And you may be the only person to ever pray for that individual!
Even if we don’t know a specific need or request they have, we ought still pray. We can pray from God’s word in complete confidence that He hears and will answer according to His word. Here are seven prayers for different people groups:
Pray for God’s people
But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle [you]. - 1 Peter 5:10 NKJV
* perfect—be complete, sound or fit, equipped
* establish—be stable, fixed, firm, steadfast
* strengthen—be strong (in faith), have power
* settle—be on a firm foundation, rooted on truth
Pray for your people
Prayer is the most powerful and effective tool we have to bless and protect our family. Let’s pray for them to think more on Jesus
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things [are] noble, whatever things [are] just, whatever things [are] pure, whatever things [are] lovely, whatever things [are] of good report, if [there is] any virtue and if [there is] anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things. - Philippians 4:8 NKJV
Set [our] mind on things above, not on things on the earth. - Colossians 3:2 NKJV
Pray for unsaved people
Ask for the salvation of unbelievers around you: co-workers, neighbors, friends; may they be given the gift of salvation and faith leading to repentance and life in Christ.
We ask the Lord: To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins, - Luke 1:77 NKJV
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. - Romans 10:10 NKJV
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, - Ephesians 2:8 NKJV
Pray for yourself
Pray for growing in the Lord in your inner man -- that [You] would grant [me], according to the riches of [Your] glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in [my] inner man, - Ephesians 3:16 NKJV
Pray for more Love--And this I pray, that [my] love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, - Philippians 1:9 NKJV
may [I] be able to comprehend with all the saints what [is] the width and length and depth and height-- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. - Ephesians 3:18-19 NKJV
Pray for our those who govern
May they govern by the Word of God - As we pray from Psalm 19:7-11 for our public servants, we pray they would know and value the commandments of God and teachings of Christ, and may these guide them in how they live, serve, and govern.
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. - Psalm 19:7-11 ESV
Pray for preachers, teachers, evangelists
Grant to Your servants that with all boldness [we] may speak Your word…and [we] may all be filled with the Holy Spirit, and [we] speak the word of God with boldness.—Acts 4:29, 31
And may the word of the Lord grow mightily and prevail.—Acts 19:20 NKJV
Pray for harvesters
Then He said to them, "The harvest truly [is] great, but the laborers [are] few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. - Luke 10:2 NKJV
"And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. - John 16:23 NKJV
And so, we ask.
Amen
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