Dearest Heavenly Father... I pray that You will:
- Open the eyes of their hearts...they need to see You.
- Reveal Yourself to them in a way they can understand.
- Help their hearts to remain (or become) spiritually sensitive...Please don't allow their hearts to harden.
- Help them to know You with their minds AND their hearts. Jesus said that no one can come to Him unless the Father draws him. Lord, please draw them to You that they may know You.
- Let them know that it's by Your hand that all blessings come... that it's because of You that life exists... that salvation comes through Jesus Christ alone because You made it available for them.
- Help them to comprehend that the wisdom of this world is foolishness compared to Your great wisdom.
- Help them to see the difference between human advice that's faulty...& Godly advice, which is Truth that comes from You.
- Stir within their souls, Your truth, that they will know what is right, & what is wrong...Bring them to true repentance.
- Prompt them to hunger & thirst after righteousness.
- Draw them to Your Word. And as they read, quicken their hearts toward Your Truth that they may know You.
- Take away their blindness & open their spiritual eyes to Your ways..& give them ears to hear Your truths. Help them to know that You are the Truth.
- Confront them to meet their match in arguing the Bible...that they may understand Your Word IS Truth!
- Guide them to believers that will have a positive effect on them...that they will see Christ fleshed out consistently in others that they encounter.
- Prepare a spiritual mentor for them, who'll be able to exceedingly mentor them when they're ready for that special relationship.
- Lead them to be in community with those who will bring them closer to You in fellowship.
- Put a wall of protection around others that they may negatively influence.
- Call them & reveal Your Son in them. (as You called the Apostle Paul: "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen. ~ Galatians 1:15, 16)
- Send Your angels to watch over them..& point them to You in whatever situation they find themselves.
- Let them know that it's by Your hand that all blessings come -- that it's by Your hand that life exists -- that it's by Your hand that salvation is available.
- Reveal the love You have for them as their Heavenly Father.
- Help them to fall in love with You..Help them to know Your mercy and Your grace.
- Set them free from the spiritual captivity they're living in (2 Timothy 2:25).
- Tear down their strongholds. Tear down all of their excuses, reasonings, and any attractions that obstruct their vision of the Truth of Christ in their lives.
- Help them to experience Your forgiveness for their past.
- Help them to experience true healing for the hurts they have..Bring healing to their minds & thoughts where they need it.
- Give them the gift of faith so they will trust You alone as Lord.
- Direct & help them to continuously take steps closer to You in their spiritual journey.
- Help them in their wanderings to realise that life apart from living in Your will & Your way is futile & meaningless.
- Guide them to make wise decisions about their future that would prepare them for the mission You have for them.
- Lord, plant Your character deep within their hearts..Help them to develop a servant's heart.
- Help them to be givers -- not takers.
- As the "Hound of Heaven", pursue their fleeing souls..Help them to see the futility of living their lives apart from You.
- Open their eyes to the price Christ paid for their redemption. Help them to accept it, & to live a life of being Your servants with acceptance & joy.
- Minister to their souls that they may know You.
- Help them to see that if they've missed Jesus..they've missed everything.
- Grant them Holy moments in their lives where the presence of God is undeniable.
- Help them to come to the place where they will worship You & will see it as a joyous privilege...that they will be seized with utmost gratitude.
- May the truth of God's word -- which they had previously hid in their hearts -- be "replayed" in their minds so that they will see Christ for who He really is.
- Reveal Truth that's now hidden to them: their sin -- and the truths they think are false.
- Teach them so they will be able to discern what is truth and what is not. (Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. ~ 1 Corinthians 2:12-13)
- Give them a fresh passion for You Lord, so they will follow, and serve You.
- Give me the insight to respond to them in Your wisdom..Show me when to speak of You & when to be silent.
- Help me to have the discernment as a mentor/ friend/ parent to know when to help, and when to stay back, & let go..& let God.
- Help me to obediently "walk the walls" around their disbelief; hedging them in prayer..until together, we see the walls fall in spiritual victory..as the walls of Jericho fell miraculously by Your guidance.
..And Lord, I humbly pray, that if You can use anything to draw them to Yourself..You can use me. Thank You Lord for what You can and will do in Your unfailing power and might..
Lord, help me to never lose hope in any difficult situation. I believe that nothing is impossible with You. I pray that You will bring loved ones, dear friends & their families to the glorious hope, love, and life that they can have because of You. May all know Your way, Truth, & the abundant life You have for them because of Your amazing grace! Keep me always praying, always hoping, always believing in You..’behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee..’ ~ Jeremiah 32:17b
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