Lord Jesus, You said that You “came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10) I enter into Your presence now, praying for those I know who are spiritually lost, walking in darkness, unaware of Your love and wandering far from You. (Speak aloud the name of these individuals now…)
You are the Good Shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine to go after the one.
Go after them now, Lord.
Pursue them with Your grace.
Speak into their emptiness.
Shine Your light into their darkness.
Soften their hearts and fulfill Your promise in Ezekiel 36:26: “I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.”
Open their hearts to hear Your voice calling them gently and persistently. Let them feel the relentless tug of Your Holy Spirit drawing them to repentance and new life in Christ. Completely silence every lie of the enemy that has gotten a foothold in their lives. (Pray against these lies as the Holy Spirit points them out to you…)
Tear down every obstacle that keeps them from seeing Jesus clearly.
(Name these obstacles before the Lord now…)
Remove the veil from their eyes and let them behold the beauty of Your saving cross and the power of Your life-giving resurrection. Bring them into divine appointments where Your Word will be heard and Your Spirit will move. I invite You to make me always alert and available in any way that You want to use me in their life. (Listen alertly to anything the Lord wants to say to you now….)
I declare by faith that their story is not over. You are still writing it! I trust in You and Your power to save, to heal, and to transform. Let this be the season of their awakening, their turning to You and their salvation. I pray this in Your powerful Name, confident of Your promise when You say: “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for Me?” (Jeremiah 32:27)
Thank you for calling me to contend in prayer with You for spiritual renewal in every heart, home, church, and this region. Pour out Your Spirit, Lord Jesus, awakening the lost to faith, readying Your church to join You in Your mission, and sending workers into the fields ripe for harvest.
Amen