Focusing Our Prayers for the Lost Toward the Saints (The Prayer Motivator Devotional #91)

Summary: Our prayer motivator verse for today is Mark 9:28-29 which reads: "And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting." <br><br> Our thought for today is that when you pray, God will direct you in the path of what He wants you to do throughout the day. <br><br> Our prayer motivator quote for today is from Hudson Taylor. He said, "I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working." <br><br> Our prayer motivator devotional for today is titled FOCUSING OUR PRAYERS FOR THE LOST TOWARD THE SAINTS from J. Gordon Henry: <br><br> You might recall from our three previous broadcasts this week that we have shared with you two directions to focus your praying for the lost: against Satan and to the Savior. Today, we will discuss the third of those directions and that is focusing your prayers to the lord for the Saints. <br><br> In Romans 10:1-3 and Romans 10:8-13, Paul gives the clear plan of salvation with the conclusion that "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Then, he poses the question in verse 14, how can a person call on someone he has never heard about? Jesus instructed us to pray that God will send laborers into the harvest in Matthew 9:35-38. Keep praying that God will raise up someone to witness to the unsaved person. This is God's method. He prepares a sinner and he prepares a witness. In Acts 8, the eunuch was the prepared sinner and Philip was the prepared witness. In Acts 10, Cornelius was the prepared sinner who had been praying and fasting four days; Peter was the prepared witness. God's way is to bring together prepared sinners and prepared witnesses. And we must pray for both. <br><br> Through intercessory praying God moves to prepare the sinner. The intercessor needs to continue the cycle and ask God to prepare the witness that he will speak as he ought to speak and then give him an opportunity to share. Don't be surprised if you become the witness God will use. <br><br> + Plus, listen to Mahalia Jackson singing "Sweet Hour of Prayer"