Dear saints, let us pray for the saints would realize that their sowing the gospel seed is their sowing of God’s word that conveys God’s life into people’s spirit for their regeneration (Mark 4:14, 20, 33; Acts 8:4; James 1:21 and note 21-1; 1 Pet. 1:23 and note 23-2). A seed is a container of […]
Let us pray for the saints to realize that their sowing the gospel seed is to sow God’s word that conveys God’s life into people
Let us pray for the saints to eagerly learn the principles needed to bring people to the Lord
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would eagerly learn the principles needed to bring people to the Lord and would practice these principles in order to learn the proper time and the proper way to reach people—to “catch the fish” (Acts 2:41; 4:4). The most important thing for a salesman is to create […]
Let us pray for the saints to learn to know the different kinds of people in order to reach them
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would learn to know the different kinds of people, just as fishermen know the categories of fish, so that they will know what kind of “bait” they need to attract people to Christ (John 3:1-6; 4:5-7, 9-10, 14-15). To properly classify people, we must have the right […]
Let us pray for the saints to see that their visiting people is their cooperation with the sanctifying Spirit to gain people
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would see that their visiting people is a preparation for the Holy Spirit to sanctify them and that they would contact people to afford the seeking Spirit a “line” to “hook” the lost sinners (1 Pet. 1:2 and note 2 – 5; 2 Thes. 2:13; Luke 15:8-10 […]
Let us pray for the saints to realize that preaching the gospel is to be fishers of men
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would realize that preaching the gospel is to be fishers of men, which requires contacting people patiently, again and again until they are “caught” unto life and brought out of the world into the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 4:18-20; Luke 5:9-10 and note 10-2; Acts 11:18). […]
Let us pray for the saints to proclaim the glad tidings of the gospel of peace
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would see the urgent need to preach the gospel of peace, the glad tidings that Christ is our peace, our peace offering, and the Peacemaker, the One who broke down the middle wall of partition, the enmity, abolishing in His flesh the law of the commandments in […]
Let us pray for the saints to proclaim the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would proclaim the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God, through which God brings people under the ruling of the heavenly authority so that they may become His kingdom (Matt. 24:14; Luke 4:43; Acts 8:12). The kingdom of God is the Savior (17:21) as the seed of […]