Today's Devotions

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Showcase: Assorted Treats

  • On Easter Eggs: CS Lewis +

    There is a stage in a child's life at which it cannot separate the religious from the merely festal character Read More
  • Who are my Mother and my Brothers? An article by Lauren Winner +

    The following is excerpted from Slate magazine, December 23, 2005. The Gospels don't preach family values. An old-fashioned family Christmas? Read More
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SylviaAre you as grieved as God is about the spiritual destination of the lost? According to Barna among twentysomethings, only 6% have beliefs that qualify them as evangelical Christians. This should drive us to our knees for the young generation.

To make it more personal, every person I know has an aching longing about the spiritual condition of someone they love. We have prayed and will continue to pray, but we come to grips with the story of George Mueller, who prayed for the salvation of someone for over 50 years, and the person only came to Christ after Mueller's death. But still, we call out to the Lord for them from a full and burdened heart.

We pray in faith for the salvation of those for whom we are burdened. Effective prayer for the lost impacts God, people, and the kingdom of darkness. We are praying to God, for the benefit of a person, and in opposition to everything that the power of darkness is doing to prevent the person's coming to salvation.

Recognize that Satan has captivated lost people. Pray for their release from the world, the flesh, and the devil. Persist in prayer not because of God's reluctance to save, but because of the resistance of the enemy. 2 Cor 4:3-4, 2 Tim 2:25-26, 1 John 2:15-17

Affirm that God can do the impossible. Mark 10:27, Jer 32:27

Thank God that He desires all to be saved. John 3:16, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Tim 2:1, 3-4

Thank Him for the authority of the name of Jesus by which salvation has been purchased. Acts 4:12, John 14:6

Thank Him for His power for salvation. 2 Cor 10:3-5, Rom. 1:16

Thank Him for His gift of salvation. Eph 3:8-9, Rom 5:8, 15

Thank Him that He seeks lost ones and draws them to Himself. Luke 19:10, John 6:44

Claim the person by name for the victory of salvation by the blood of Jesus. Col 1:13-14, 1 Cor 15:57, 1 John 3:8

Pray that the lost one will seek to know God as the Holy Spirit works in him or her. Acts 17:27, Deu 4:29, John 16:8-13

Pray that the lost one will confess Christ as Savior and Lord and turn from sin. John 1:12, Acts 17:30-31, 3:19; Rom 10:9-10,13

Pray that the lost one will yield all to follow Jesus and grow in Him. 2 Cor 5:15, Phil 3:7-8, Col 2:6-7

Praise God that His word does not return to Him without accomplishing His purposes. Rom 10:17, Heb 4:12, Isa 55:11

Be sensitive as the Holy Spirit gives direction to pray and persist in praise.

Reflections to Consider

  • Corporate Spirituality

    Encouragement, Accountability, and Worship Solitude, community and ministry are three areas requiring balance and integration in the Christian walk. The Read More
  • Companion of the Souls

    When the two disciples recognised Jesus as he broke the bread for them in their house in Emmaus, he "vanished Read More
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Publications

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Music

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Audio & Video

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Favorites

  • Transforming this World: The Hope of Glory by NT Wright +

    Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows Read More
  • What is Good in a World that Defies Hope: a talk by NT Wright +

    This is the second part of three talks by NT Wright at Harvard University in November, 2008 on the topic Read More
  • The Stream, the Lake and the River: NT Wright +

      Acts 2.1-21; John 7.37-39; a sermon at the Eucharist on the Feast of Pentecost, 11 May 2008, by the Read More
  • Jesus in the Perfect Storm by NT Wright +

    Zechariah 9.9-17; Luke 19.28-48; A sermon for Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011, In the University Chapel of St Salvator, St Read More
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Hidden Blessings

  • Warfare Spirituality +

    The Trinity function as farmers of our souls, actively caring for God’s creation: an ongoing, radical reclamation of His creation. Read More
  • You are free +

    The Jesus who calmed a sea of deadly, stormy waves, whose arrival sent thousands of demons cringing and cowering to Read More
  • Deliver us from Evil +

    Spiritual warfare is something that few Christians, regardless of their denomination, are accustomed to thinking about, let alone engaging in. Read More
  • Baby, you're a rich man! +

    The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is Read More
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