- ‘I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman’ (Job 31:1). ‘For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world’ (1 John 2:16). Pray that God helps us keep away from the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
- ‘Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants and set out foreign seedlings; in the day you will make your plant to grow, and in the morning you will make your seed to flourish; But the harvest will be a heap of ruins in the day of grief and desperate sorrow’ (Isaiah 17: 10-11). ‘The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels’ (Matthew 13: 38-39). Pray that we don’t become the tares that are burned in the fire during the days God reaps but rather we become the wheat gathered in the barn.
- ‘He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway’ (Ezekiel 40:3). ‘His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire’ (Mathew 3:12). Pray that God helps us repent for our sins because the Lord Jesus Christ not only winnows but also thoroughly cleans out His threshing floor, gather the wheat in the barn and burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Repent before the Lord.
- ‘But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of judgment’ (Mathew 12: 36). My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice indeed, I myself; Yes, my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak right things’ (Proverbs 23: 15-16). Let us commit ourselves to the power of the Holy Spirit that we should speak words that make the Heavenly Father happy and not vain words.
- ‘A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling’ (Psalm 91: 7-10). Pray that we are able to escape the severe plagues that would come upon people who are like the unrepentant Pharaoh. Pray that the destroyer passes our doorsteps without destroying us.
- ‘I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me’ (Numbers 11:14). ‘Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest’ (Mathew 11:28). Realizing that God never gives us burdens we cannot carry, let us pray that we should get the strength and grace of God to overcome the battles and challenges in our lives.
- ‘Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth’ (Zephaniah 2:3). ‘For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God’ (1 Peter 4:17). ‘For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged’ (1 Corinthians 11:31). Pray that we are able to judge our thoughts, words and deeds by ourselves!
- ‘So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes’ (Job 32:1). But ‘we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away’ (Isaiah 64:6). Pray that we repent of the sin of self-righteousness. May God help us to surrender ourselves to God and His righteousness!
- ‘Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God’ (John 6:69). ‘That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved’ (Romans 10:9). The truth that we know, and the trust that we have should be boldly confessed to those around us. Pray to God that we surrender ourselves totally to receive His grace and favor.
- ‘Who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be”’ (Romans 4:18). Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). Pray that we should have faith in God even in times of utter hopelessness.
- ‘But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be’ (Matthew 24:37. ‘I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?’ (Luke 18:8). Pray that we should have faith and holiness in the coming of Jesus Christ. ‘Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord’ (Hebrews 12:14).
- ‘But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good’ (2 Thessalonians 3:13). ‘And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart’ (Galatians 6:9). Pray that we do good to everyone especially to those in the family of the faith.
- Let us pray for the leaders of our nation and Government servants. We are called to intercede for the kings and all who are in authority so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. ‘Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men’ (1 Timothy 2:1, 2).
- Pray for the churches, leaders of the churches, missionary organizations, full time servants of God whom God has appointed in our churches and Christian organizations. Pray that the Gospel is spread and people are delivered from sins and bondages and powers of darkness. Pray that God would show signs and miracles wherever the Gospel is preached.
- Pray for Messenger Missions ministry. That the Gospel is preached wherever we do His work, and that our work goes on unhindered and that multitudes of people become disciples of Jesus Christ. Take time to pray for The Christian Messenger ministries, leaders of the organization and the lives of the office staff and mission field workers. May God bless you! Amen. Hallelujah.
