7 Ways to Pray for Missions

1 Unleashing God's Power
2 Pray on Two Levels
3 Seven Ways to Pray

Page 1 — Unleashing God's Power

Missions is more than God’s people obediently serving Him. Missions is God at work. If He isn’t working in and through His people to accomplish His purposes, nothing eternal is getting done.

The apostle Paul was a great missionary who often urged God’s people to pray for him. He linked the success of His missions to the faithful prayer support of the saints of God:

“We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. In our hearts, we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.” 2 Corinthians 1:8-11

Paul describes his terrible trials, yet speaks confidently of God’s deliverance. Paul is sure that God will sustain him as the believers help in prayer.

Prayer links us to the most exciting aspects of ministry. Paul says, “many will give thanks…for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.” There is an inseparable link between prayer and effective missions.

The place God wants you in His missions program is something wonderful that you must discover from Him. But it is His will that you, a child of God, pray for world evangelization. We don’t dare sidestep this opportunity and responsibility. Pray...“Pray without ceasing” 1 Thessalonians 5:17…“You should always pray and not give up” Luke 18:1b.

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