Prayers for Salvation
- Pastor J
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
Good morning beloved
Even as we would pray with concern for lost souls, especially those who are near and dear to us let us remember three principles to allay our fears
1 God desires NONE to perish
1 Peter 3:9
The Lord does not delay [as though He were unable to act] and is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is [extraordinarily] patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
Adapted study below
Hell is a place of suffering originally prepared by God for the devil and his angels (Matthew 18:9; 25:41). The words Hades (Greek) and Sheol (Hebrew) are sometimes associated with hell. However, Hades/Sheol is simply the place or realm where the spirits of people go when they die (see Genesis 37:35). Hades/Sheol is not necessarily a place of torment because God’s people were said to go there as well as the wicked. In the New Testament, we find that Hades is somehow “compartmentalized.” That is, the realm of the dead is divided into a place of comfort and a place of torment (Luke 16:19–31).
There are other words associated with hell in the Bible such as Gehenna and lake of fire. The biblical teaching is that there is an actual place where the spirits of the unsaved go for eternity (Revelation 9:1; 20:15; Matthew 23:33).
Everything that ever was or is or will be is created by God, including hell (Colossians 1:16). John 1:3 says, “All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made” (ESV). God alone has the power to cast someone into hell (Luke 12:5). Jesus holds the keys of death and Hades (Revelation 1:18).
Jesus said that hell was “prepared” for Satan and the demons (Matthew 25:41). Hell is a just punishment for the wicked one. The lake of fire will be the destination for those who reject Christ (2 Peter 2:4–9). The good news is that people can avoid hell. God, in His infinite mercy and love, has offered salvation by grace through faith in God’s Son, Jesus Christ (John 3:16, 36; 5:24)
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2 God in his mercy, will keep his covenant concerning our children and the children's children
Remember too those we pray for are God’s own creation, as we pray by the leading of the Holy Spirit. God will draw these individuals to him
John 6: 44
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him [giving him the desire to come to Me]; and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.
3 The heart of the King is in the hands of the Lord
Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD,
Like the rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes.
Here is another adapted study on this matter:
a. The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD: God holds and can guide the human heart. If God can do this with someone as powerful and noble as a king, He can do this with any man or woman He chooses.
i. “Thus he turned the heart of Pharaoh to Joseph; of Saul to David; of Nebuchadnezzar to Jeremiah; of Darius to Daniel; of Cyrus, and afterwards of Alexander the Great, to the Jews; of some of the Roman persecutors to the primitive Christians.” (Trapp)
ii. “God’s inscrutable mastery extends to the king, the most powerful of human beings, and to the heart, their most free member. The Lord rules even the most free and powerful of all human beings.” (Waltke)
iii. This should build our faith that God can guide and change hearts. Sometimes we despair when we see the stubbornness and hardness of man’s heart against God and His will, but the king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD and He can guide it wherever He wishes.
iv. “He names kings not to exclude other men, but because they are more arbitrary and uncontrollable than other men.” (Poole)
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Abbah Father
We discern the times and the seasons, we know we are not here on earth for ourselves but for the Kingdom.
We cast aside every worry and fear concerning those for whom we pray salvation. We pray first of all for your mercy, we pray for your uncommon divine intervention - would you reveal yourself to many, pour out by your Spirit, draw men to you, give them a zeal and a thirsting after you. Cause many to have God encounters all over the earth. We pray for REVIVAL! Would you dispatch the Holy Angels to Minister to the Heirs of Salvation.
Give many a zeal and a thirsting after you. Equip and empower us to minister salvation, healing and deliverance to many.
Thank you Lord that you hear and answer our prayers. Thank you Lord
We bless and Praise you in Jesus name
Amen
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