Salvation -- Interceding for the Lost
Prayer Points:
- Pray for the veil to be lifted from the eyes of the unbeliever. (2 Cor. 4:3-4)
- Pray to the Lord of the harvest for laborers. (Matt. 9:35-38)
- Meditate on 1 Tim. 2:1-8 which says that "all men should be saved"
- Ask the Lord for opportunities to witness
- Ask the Lord for boldness for the messenger
- Ask the Lord for clarity in presenting the gospel
- Ask the Lord to focus the hearts of His people
Prayer:
Father, hear us as we ask You to rescue the lost from the domain of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of Your Son. You alone can draw and enable them. You alone can send Your Holy Spirit with power to convict them of the sin in their life and their need to repent and believe in Your truth--that Jesus is the only way to You, that He alone is the way, the truth and the life.
Father, we ask you to forgive the sins of the lost. We come in Jesus’ name to demolish the strongholds in their minds that those sins have allowed. We come in the authority of Jesus’ name to overcome the power of the enemy in their lives, to ask You to bind evil spirits away from them in the name of Jesus and the blood of the Lamb through the word of our testimony.
We come against the blinding of their minds and ask that You send someone to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light; help us to be willing to go. Father, don’t let their hearts be hardened, but open their hearts to receive Your truth. Rip away any veil that covers their hearts, any false teaching that confuses their minds. Help them to hear your Word with power and conviction as the Word of God and not the word of people. Give them understanding, so that Satan will not be able to steal Your Word from their hearts.
Father, help them see their need for a Savior, to know they must confess their sins, repent and believe--or they perish. Help them choose Your mercy and Your gift of faith, to believe with their hearts and confess with their mouths, Jesus is Lord. We ask in Your will, that not any should perish. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
How to Lead Others to Christ:
"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men." Titus 2:11
THE ROMANS ROAD by David Jeremiah
- God loves you! (John 3:16)
- God has a wonderful plan for your life! (John 10:10b)
- Because of your sin, you are separated from God.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)
- The penalty for sin is death.
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
- The penalty for your sin was paid by Jesus Christ.
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
- If you repent of your sin, confess and trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you will be saved from your sins!
"For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10:13)
"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. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10:9-10)
- You can be sure that if you ask Christ to save you, He will.
"Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God... These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life." (1 John 5:1, 13)
It is by grace alone, because of Jesus Christ. There isn't anything we can do to earn it... It is a free gift of God.
There is always hope, and there is always a chance to accept Christ, as long as there is life.
We Have Assurance of Our Salvation Because:
- Jesus Christ protects it!
Hebrews 7:25 says; "Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.."
Jesus Christ is guaranteeing and securing our salvation. We are not secure because of anything in us. We are secure because of Him.
- The Holy Spirit confirms it.
Romans 8:16 says, "The spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." When we are saved, God sends the Holy Spirit to live within us. We have God in our hearts, constantly reminding us that we are His children.
We know that our lives have truly been transformed because we feel an urgency to tell someone else about what God did for us.
The Prayer by Dr. Terry Teykl
Dear Father in heaven, I admit that I need you. Please forgive my unbelief and the things I have done wrong. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He paid for all my sins with His blood on the cross. I call on His name to save me. I now receive His life. I believe Jesus is living in me, that I am forgiven, and now I am a Christian. Because of this free gift of eternal life I will go to be with Jesus when I die. Thank you Lord for saving me. AMEN
