Friday August 3, 2012

Spend time today, tomorrow and Sonday morning praying for the powerful preaching of the Word this weekend.

 

Read Acts 2:42-47, 11:18

 

Spurgeon is often quoted by many as being one of the greatest, if not the greatest, preachers of the modern era. It’s incontestable that he certainly was a great preacher used by God. Yet when asked about the efficiency and power of his preaching Spurgeon humbly reminded people that downstairs throughout the entire service no less than 200 people prayed fervently for the Word of God to be powerful and active as it was fearlessly proclaimed. Would you commit to praying for your preacher while he preaches? Would you commit to attending a pre-church prayer meeting which seeks to pray specifically for the preacher, the church service and the extension of the Kingdom? Would you commit to diligently praying for specific individuals in your congregation as the preacher preaches the Word?

 

As a church we are responsible for upholding and executing the great commission. Each and every single person in the church has a role to play in this mission. We work together as a team. The most important thing we can all be doing is praying! Each and every single believer in the church should make it their utmost priority to be praying for the harvest.

 

It is God who grants eternal life. It is God who brings people to Christ Jesus for salvation. It is God who opens their eyes to the Saviour. It is God who brings them out of darkness into His wonderful light. If the church is not praying as it reaches out into the world and as it preaches the gospel, the church is like a wind driven turbine on a perfectly still day. Without prayer, the church is like a dry well - nothing to offer a thirsty and parched world.

 

My brother and sister in Christ. Around you are millions of people headed to hell, to eternal condemnation in the lake of burning fire and sulphur. Please, please, please, please, pray for them each and every day. Pray for their souls, their salvation and pray that you and your church have opportunities to speak Jesus in into their lives. Pray that the Word of God will be powerful and active each and every time it is proclaimed.

 

Prayer:

¨ Pray for the lost. Pray for those you know personally who are lost.

¨ Pray that the Word of God would be powerfully preached this weekend in your church. Pray that the unction of the Holy Spirit would be on the preacher and that God would use His Word powerfully to bring new birth to people, to convict and challenge and to grow the disciples.