Friday, June 10, 2011

Praying For An Open Door

Do you pray for "outsiders/unbelievers" to become "insiders/believers?"

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison-that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
Colossians 4:2-4 (ESV)

Here’s the cry of our hearts: O Lord, open the door of the outsider’s heart so I can point them to Jesus.

Do you pray for outsiders to become insiders? More specifically, do you have a prayer list?
  • Keep a prayer list of outsiders you want to become insiders on 3x5 cards.
  • Keep a prayer list of outsiders you want to become insiders in a notebook.
  • Or keep a prayer list of outsiders you want to become insiders on just simple sheets of paper you keep in or near your Bible.
An idea that Dale Piscura shared recently was making a prayer map of your neighborhood.

Talk to the Lord about your friend before you talk to your friend about the Lord. And then you go through your day looking for those open doors.

 

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