1. Pray For Their Salvation
| Romans 10:1 | Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for [them] that they may be saved. |
2. Pray that the Holy Spirit will bring great conviction of sin on them.
| John 16:7-8 | But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: |
| Acts 2:37 | When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” |
| Jude 1:14-15 | Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” |
| Luke 18:10-14 | “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ 14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” |
3. Pray that God will produce a growing fear of death, fear of God and fear of judgment, and a realization that life is very short.
| Hebrews 9:27 | Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. |
| Psalm 90:10-12 | The length of our days is seventy years—or
eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. 11 Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you. 12 Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. |
| Psalm 39:4 | Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. |
| Luke 12:5 | But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. |
4. Pray for a growing hunger for joy and happiness and a realization that heaven is very real.
| Revelation 21:4 | He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils are gone forever. |
| Isaiah 35:10 | Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return to Jerusalem, singing songs of everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be overcome with joy and gladness. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:9 | However, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” |
| Psalm 27:4 | One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. |
5. Pray that God will supernaturally draw them to Himself through a growing desire for a personal relationship with Him.
| Jeremiah 29:13 | You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. |
| Romans 3:11 | There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. |
| John 6:44 | No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. |
6. Pray that God will open the eyes of their heart so that they can understand the truth of the gospel.
| John 8:43 | Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:4 | The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God |
| Acts 16:14 | One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. |
| Luke 24:45 | Then he opened their minds to understand these many Scriptures. |
| Ephesians 1:18 | I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people. |
7. Pray and ask that God gives you a real love for them and a great desire to see them saved.
| Romans 10:1 | Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is that the Jewish people might be saved. |
| Romans 9:1-3 | In the presence of Christ, I speak with utter truthfulness—I do not lie—and my conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm that what I am saying is true. 2 My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief 3 for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them. |
| Matthew 9:37 | He said to his disciples, “The harvest is so great, but the workers are so few. |
8. Pray that you will be given an opportunity to serve them and to really love them by meeting needs in their life.
| 1 Corinthians 9:19 | This means I am not bound to obey people just because they pay me, yet I have become a servant of everyone so that I can bring them to Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:22 | When I am with those who are oppressed, I share their oppression so that I might bring them to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:24 | Don’t think only of your own good. Think of other Christians and what is best for them. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:33 | That is the plan I follow, too. I try to please everyone in everything I do. I don’t just do what I like or what is best for me, but what is best for them so they may be saved. |
9. Pray that you will be given the opportunity to share what Jesus means to you.
| Colossians 4:2-3 | Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. 3 Don’t forget to pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to preach about his secret plan—that Christ is also for you Gentiles. That is why I am here in chains. |
10. Pray that your friends would say, "Yes", when you invite them to church.
| John 17:21 | My prayer for all of them is that they will be one, just as you and I are one, Father—that just as you are in me and I am in you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe you sent me. |
| John 13:35 | Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. |
11. Pray that God will give you the boldness that you need to speak up.
| Acts 4:31 | After this prayer, the building where they were meeting shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they preached God’s message with boldness. |
Scripture quotes from: The New International Version, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House) 1984.
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