At the watch-night service, transiting between 2015 & 2016 we took a commitment to create and pray for a very special list of family friends and people we know who we want to see saved in 2016 and we have had a few spectacular testimonies but not enough to cause a revival.I am pretty sure someone would be wondering, why would you want to expand my list and do that when I haven’t seen everyone saved on my list? Let me answer that by saying upfront that this is the only way to get everyone on our list in because we can only obey God by looking at His Word more clearly.
1 Timothy 2:1-6 (NKJV) Pray for All Men
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
The key I believe is to trust that God knows what He is saying and doing when He tells us to pray for all men, because that’s a massive task consider how many people are in the earth right now and I believe there is a principle here we must look at to see why and thereby act on immediately.
2 Timothy 2:5-7 (NKJV)
5 And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. 7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
This an assurance from God we would get our harvest if we get involved in the harvest remember God has A Most wanted List also but it includes everyone in the world today so please let’s help to populate God’s List and watch our list overflow.
There is an excellent model prayer below which will help :-
The bane of our society and church today is echoed in the statement; A SELFISH PEOPLE; A WEAK CHURCH; A SICK NATION. Overcoming our selfishness, I really believe, we will begin to see results, much more that we expect or imagine. Why? Simply because God is faithful to His Word and believing we can bring the much needed revival for the times we live in today.
I invite you to expand your list today and pray using this a a guide below from Germaine Copeland’s Book, Prayers That Avail Much, for the people on your list and more importantly God’s list. As we obey I strongly believe and know we will begin to experience the power of God to save in a different way. So please share your testimony as they begin to flood in and give “All glory to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, forever. Amen” Romans 16:27
Francis E. Madojemu
Prayer for The Salvation of the Lost
F a t h e r, it is written in Your Wo rd , “First of all , t h e n , I admonish and urge that petition s , p raye r s , i n t e r -c e s s i on s , and thanksgivings be offe red on behalf of all men” (1 Tim.2:1 A M P) .
Therefore, Father, we bring the lost of the world this day — every man, woman, and child from here to the farthest corner of the earth — before You. As we intercede, we use our faith, believing that thousands this day have the opportunity to make Jesus their Lord.
Father, we know that Satan would prevent these from hearing truth, if possible. We are human, but we don’t wage war with human plans and methods. We use God’s mighty weapons to knock down the devil’s strongholds. With these weapons we break down every proud argument that keeps people from knowing God. With these weapons we conquer their rebellious ideas and teach them to obey Christ.
We ask the Lo rd of the harvest to thrust the perfect labore r s a c ross these lives this day to share the good news of the Gospel in a special way so that they will listen and understand it. We b e l i eve that they will not be able to resist the wooing of the Holy Sp i ri t , for Yo u , Fa t h e r, b ring them to repentance by Yo u r goodness and love .
We con fess that they shall see who have never been told of J e s u s . T h ey shall understand who have never heard of Jesus. An d t h ey shall come out of the snare of the devil who has held them ca p t i ve . T h ey shall open their eyes and turn from darkness to light — from the power of Satan to Yo u , G o d !
In Jesus’ name, amen.
Scripture References
1 Timothy 2:1,2 AMP Romans 2:4
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NLT Romans 15:21 AMP
Matthew 9:38 2 Timothy 2:26 AMP
P R A Y E R S T H A T A V A I L M U C H
2 5 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y C O M M E M O R AT I V E E D I T I O N
GERMAINE COPELAND
