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"God is not
willing that any should perish" (II Peter 3:9). Pray:
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That God draws them to
Himself. "No man can come to Me unless the father who
sent Me draws him" |
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That they seek to know God. "If you seek the
Lord your God, you will find Him if you look for Him with all
your heart and with all your soul" (Deuteronomy 4:29). |
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That they believe the Scriptures. "And we also
thank God continually because, when you received the Word of
God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of
men, but as it actually is, the word of God" (I Thessalonians
2:13). "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of
God" (Romans 10:17). |
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That Satan is bound from blinding them to the truth. "When
anyone hears the Word of the Kingdom, and understands it not,
then comes the wicked one, and catches away that which was sown
in his heart". (Matthew 13:19). "The god of this age has
blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the
light of the Gospel of the Glory of Christ, who is the
image of God" (II Corinthians 4:4). |
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That the Holy Spirit works in them. "When [the
Holy Spirit] comes, He will convict the world of guilt in regard
to sin and righteousness and judgment...He will guide you into
all truth" (John 16:8, 13). |
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That God sends someone to lead them to Christ. "Then
He said to His disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful but the
laborers are few. Pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He
will send forth laborers into His harvest" (Matthew 9:37-38). |
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That they believe in the Christ as Savior. "But
as many as received Him, to them give He power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on His name "(John 1:12).
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word and
believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall
not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life"
(John 5:24). |
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That they turn from sin. "[God] commands all
people everywhere to repent" (Acts 17:30). "Repent, then,
and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times
of refreshing may come from the Lord" (Acts 3:19). |
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That they confess Christ Lord. "If thou confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart that God
raised Him from the dead, thy shalt be saved" (Romans 1:9). |
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That they yield all to follow Christ. "And He
died for all, that those who live should no longer live for
themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again"
(II Corinthians 5:15). "But whatever was to my profit I now
consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more. I
consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness
of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all
things. I consider them rubbish that I may gain Christ"
(Philippians 3:7-8). |
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That they take root and grow in Christ. "So then, just
as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him,
rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you
were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness" (Colossians
2:6-7). |
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