10 Ways to Pray for Those Who Don't Know Jesus

Today at Calvary Church, I had the joy of teaching session III of our "Reach Lifelab." Our Lifelabs are 4 week, one hour, interactive sessions, centered around the 3 purposes of our Church which are to "Connect (with God and others), Grow (in our faith) and Reach (Orange County and the world for Jesus Christ)."

Our goal is to have every adult in our Church go through the 3 Lifelabs. 
3 years into our goal, I would guess about 30% of our Church have gone through the Labs.
Not bad for a Church our size, but this number also shows we still have a long way to go to get every Church member thru the labs.  Discipleship/Pastoring is never done!

In today's Reach Lifelab, we discussed evangelism and sharing the good news of Jesus Christ to those who haven't yet placed their faith in Jesus Christ and Savior and Lord. We asked each person to write down 5 people they want to see come to know Christ and then asked them to take the 10 specific ways listed below and adapt them to their prayers for their friends...
 

        1.  Ask God to open their spiritual eyes (2 Cor. 4:4).

        2.  Ask God to give them ears to hear (Matt. 13:15),

        3.  Ask God to give them faith to believe (Acts 20:21).

        4.  Ask God to give them the will to respond (Rom. 10:9).

5.  Ask God to send people into their lives to witness (Matt. 9:38).

6.  Ask God for ways to build caring relationships (I Cor. 9:22).

7.  Ask God for opportunities to witness (Col. 4:3).

8.  Ask God for boldness to witness (Acts 4:29).

9.  Ask God for an opportunity to invite them (Luke 14:23).

10. Ask God to set them free from spiritual captivity (2 Tim. 2:25-26).

(This list is adapted from Bill Hybels/Mark Middleburg's excellent book, "Contagious Christianity")

I encourage you to take these 10 ways to pray and use them to pray over your family and friends, neighbors and co-workers who have yet to make Jesus Christ their Savior and Lord.