Focusing Our Prayers for the Lost to the Saviour (The Prayer Motivator Devotional #90)

Summary: Our prayer motivator verse for today is Proverbs 15:29 which reads: "The LORD is far from the wicked: but heheareth the prayer of the righteous." <br><br> Our thought for today is that the greatest people in the world are those people who take the time to pray. <br><br> Our prayer motivator quote for today is from S.D. Gordon. He said, "The great people of the earth today are the people who pray! I do not mean those who talk about prayer; nor those who say they believe in prayer; nor those who explain prayer; but I mean those who actually take the time to pray. They have not time. It must be taken from something else. That something else is important, very important and pressing, but still, less important and pressing than prayer. There are people who put prayer first, and group the other items in life's schedule around and after prayer. These are the people today who are doing the most for God in winning souls, in solving problems, in awakening churches, in supplying both men and money for mission posts, in keeping fresh and strong their lives far off in sacrificial service on the foreign field, where the thickest fighting is going on, and in keeping the old earth sweet a little while longer." <br><br> Our prayer motivator devotional for today is titled FOCUSING OUR PRAYERS FOR THE LOST TO THE SAVIOUR from J. Gordon Henry: <br><br> You might recall from Monday's broadcast that we discussed three directions to focus your praying for the lost: against Satan, to the Savior, and for the Saints. Today, we will discuss the second of those directions and that is focusing your prayers for the lost to the Saviour. <br><br> It is important to remember that a person does not come to Jesus except the Father draws him. John 6:44 says, "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day." It is through the Holy Spirit that the Father draws a person to the Saviour. Jesus explained in John 16:13-14 that it would be the work of the Holy Spirit to convict the world "of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment." It is certainly appropriate for us to ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit to the unsaved person's heart to convict him and draw him. One can easily imagine the result in a lost person's thinking when he becomes conscious of his lostness and the coming judgment. Not only will the Holy Spirit bring the sense of conviction, He will do it in the light of calling attention to the Lord Jesus Christ. <br><br> + Plus, listen to Brian Free and Assurance singing "A Praying Man"