PRAISE BE TO THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT, 2 Corinthians 1

WE ARE WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST BY THE WILL OF GOD
Paul identified himself as an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy, as his brother.

LORD, we no longer have to worry about our self identify. Now as new creatures in Christ, You identify us in Him, and have put us in Your body with a calling according to Your will. LORD, we want to fulfill our calling with joy. We want to be Your instruments of peace to be employed by You to win the lost and our own lost loved ones. We pray for each member of Your church that each be in the post that You assigned. Those whom You have assigned to our lost loved ones, may they be obedient to You and be fully equipped with Your armor, and labor in love.

GREETINGS! GRACE AND PEACE TO US

In 2 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul addressed the church in Corinth together with all of God’s holy people throughout Achaia. He declared grace and peace to them from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. God is a Father to the household of faith in the church, and we are blessed with our Father’s and the Lord Jesus Christ grace and peace.

LORD, instead of greeting our brothers and sisters in the Lord with a “Hello” or “Hi,” we ought to bless each other by proclaiming your grace and peace upon us. We lift up our hands in praise to You heavenly Father! Fill us with Your grace and peace, we pray. We desire to have grace and favor before those we want to win for Christ. We want to be among the wise that win souls, including our lost loved ones.

PRAISE BE TO THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT

Praise be

to the

God and Father

of our

Lord Jesus Christ

the Father

of compassion

and the God

of all comfort

Who comforts us

in

all our troubles

For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,

So also our comfort abounds through Christ.

Praise, praise, praise to You merciful God, Who abundantly comforts us in all our troubles. We give You thanksgiving for Your compassions that are new every morning, and great is Your faithfulness. We pray Your mercy says no to leave in condemnation our lost loved ones that are yet without strength and living in sin. We receive comfort that You sent Your Son to save even the chief of sinners. Glory to God! We pray our lost loved ones will come to the light and make peace with You through Your Son. Comfort them with Your Word and may Your goodness bring them to repentance.

WHY GOD COMFORTS US

God comforts us in all our troubles,

so that we can comfort

those in any trouble

with the comfort

we ourselves receive from God.

If we are distressed,

                                   it is for your comfort

and salvation.

Father, we want to face all our challenges with courage and faith. You are ever with us and will never leave us nor forsake us. You comfort us and use us to strengthen others with the same grace and comfort You impart to us. We are the body of the church and the Lord Jesus is the head. We are more than conquerors through Your Son that loved us and gave his life for us and nothing shall separate us from Your love that is in Him.

The Lord Jesus declared that the gates of hell will not prevail against Your church. We can go with faith and courage because of Your anointing given to us to preach deliverance to the captives, with Your Word of truth open the eyes of blind, to proclaim freedom to those that are in bondage to sin, and to release the oppressed. Father, bless us with faith that works by love.

PATIENT ENDURANCE IN SUFFERINGS

If we are comforted, it is for your comfort,

which produces in you

patient endurance

of the same sufferings we suffer.

And our hope for you is firm,

because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,

so also you share in our comfort.

Amen Father, our hope for us and our brothers and sisters is firm. You comfort us to comfort others. May we not waste any experience but learn from it. As we go through these trials we are encouraged that it is producing in us patient endurance. We desire to be fruitful as we go about Your business to win souls. Father, whomever you send to our lost loved ones, they are hand-picked by You, the all-knowing and all-wise God. May we all stay at the task with the patient endurance that works for us and benefits those that are believing in You through our witness and testimony.

DON’T BE UNINFORMED ABOUT THE TROUBLES WE EXPERIENCE

Brothers and sisters, God doesn’t want us to be uninformed about the troubles we experience. The Apostle Paul experienced troubles in the province of Asia. He said:


                           “We were under

great pressure,

far beyond our ability to endure,

so that we despaired of life itself.

Indeed, we felt

we had received the sentence of death.”

WHY WE SUFFER

But this happened

that we might

not rely on ourselves but on God,

Who raises the dead.

Father, there are those times when we feel we are at a loss and can’t take anymore. May You remind us by Your Comforter that this is only a feeling because with You who strengthens us we can do all things. May we never rely on ourselves, but learn to always depend on You who raises the dead!

LORD, you showed Your strength over Pharaoh when he would not let Your people go. He had all the world’s power, but no match for Your power! Your sovereignty cannot be denied.

Your Spirit is the best witness, and we call upon You to be the witness in our own lives. May the lost and our lost loved ones acknowledge Your deliverance for us and of our brothers and sisters in the Lord that were once blind and lost, but now are found, and safely in Your flock.

We want for our lost loved ones to bow their knee to Your name and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord of all to Your glory. We want our lost loved ones to surrender themselves to You because You first loved them.

HE HAS, HE WILL, HE WILL CONTINUE

He has

delivered us from such a

deadly peril,

And He will deliver us again.

                            On Him we have set our hope

that He will continue to deliver us.

Our heavenly Father, thank You for all the times You have delivered us and our lost loved ones from deadly peril. We have Your Word that You will deliver us again, and will continue to deliver us. We have set our hope on You. For You are God alone, and if You be for us, what can stand against.

As for our lost loved ones, we have Your Word, to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and we shall be saved and our house.

　

WE HELP THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING BY OUR PRAYERS

We help those that are suffering by our prayers!

Then many will give thanks for the gracious favor granted us

in answer to the prayers of many.

Father, we are praying for others, and they are praying for us, especially for those that suffering for being a Christian and taking a stand for Your truth in wanting to win the lost. We are praying for the ones whom You send to our lost loved ones, and we pray our loved ones will be freed by hearing and believing Your truth, so that many thanks will rise up to You for granting our prayers and there be great rejoicing in heaven and earth!

WE DEPEND ON GOD’S GRACE

Our conscious testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world--

and especially in our relations with one another in the church--

with integrity

and godly sincerity,

not relying on world wisdom

but on God’s grace.

For we do not write of anything we cannot read or understand, hoping we can all come to understand God’s Word and be commended in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Grace, grace, marvelous grace is what we want to receive from You Father. We rely on Your grace for us to live in godliness and live with wisdom. We need Your grace when facing a difficult person or situation. The grace that saved us is the grace we need always. We desire this grace for our lost loved ones. Help them against all odds, heavenly Father. Be merciful to them and save them from their sins. LORD, You said that today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation. Save them today we pray.

OBEYING GOD’S WILL

Paul the Apostle was confident to visit the Corinthians so that they might benefit twice. He wanted to visit them on his way to Macedonia and to come back to them on his way back, and then to have them send him on his way to Judea. He asked if he was fickle when he intended to do this, or to make his plans in a world manner, so that in the same breath he could say “Yes, yes” and “No, no.”

LORD, we should not be presumptuous and get ahead of you, or fall behind when You prompt us to act. We should not do anything that is not in Your plan for us. Help us to know when to be still and allow You to fight our battles, and when You want us to take action. We don’t want to go anywhere without You leading us, or do anything of ourselves. We embrace Your Word, that in You we live, and move, and have our being. May those You send to our lost loved ones be obedient and heed Your instructions. Deliver our lost loved ones from those that are a stumbling block to them and don’t seek Your glory.

WE SAY AMEN TO GOD

As surely as God is faithful, the Apostle Paul’s message to the church as inspired by the Holy Ghost is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among the Corinthians by Paul, Silas and Timothy was not “Yes” and “No.”

GOD’S PROMISES ARE “AMEN” IN CHRIST

In Him

it has always been “Yes.”

For no matter how many promises God has

made, they are “Yes” in Christ.

So through Him the “Amen” is spoken by us

to the glory of God.

Amen and amen! Father, Jesus Christ the Lord is our righteousness and in Him, and through Him are all Your blessings for Your church. He is the Amen. Praise God! LORD, You said these blessings are for us and for our children. We believe it will be done for our lost loved ones according to Your Word; thank You, merciful LORD!

IT IS GOD

Now it is God

who makes both us and you

stand firm in Christ.

He has anointed us,

set His seal of ownership on us,

and put His Spirit in our hearts

as a deposit,

guaranteeing what is to come.

Father, we don’t have to worry if we are going to fall, because we do not rely on our flesh or the arm of flesh. It is You who makes us stand firm. You have anointed us, You set Your seal that we belong to You, and You’ve put Your Spirit in our hearts as a deposit. Your coming for us is guaranteed. LORD, we trust in Your salvation for our lost loved ones that they will not be left behind. No doubt, we shall come rejoicing bearing our sheaves with us!

GOD IS OUR WITNESS

We can call God as our witness and even stake our life on it, as did the Apostle Paul. And he said, “that it was in order to spare the Corinthians that he did not return to Corinth.”

Compassionate God, You are not willing that any should perish but come to repentance and receive Jesus as their Lord and personal and sufficient Savior. You did not call Your church to condemn, but to be Your ambassadors and take to the lost the Gospel of peace between You and man through Your Son. We trust in Your anointing to do this work, we wholly depend on Your Spirit to be the faithful and true Witness.

WORKING TOGETHER WITH JOY

We should not lord it over others’ faith, but work with others with joy, because it is by faith that we stand firm.

LORD, help those that have been offended through people in the church. We don’t want for our lost loved ones to be spectators and contentious. We pray our church members be patient and work in Your love with those that oppose themselves. Have Your way LORD, to convince the world of sin, righteousness and of judgment.

Those whom You have added to the church, we pray they have a teachable spirit. We thank You for Your Spirit, and trust the Teacher. We are praying that we labor in Your love with joy. It is by faith in Your truth that we stand firm, and it is by grace through faith that our lost loved ones will be saved. Hosanna! In Jesus name, amen.

My loved ones lie at the point of death, BUT

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- Mark 5:23

LORD, I implore you earnestly! My loved ones lie at the point of death, but come and lay Your divine hands on them, and breathe in them new life in You, and they shall not die but live to tell of Your glory! In Jesus name I pray.

　

GO WHEN THE LORD OF THE HARVEST SAYS, "GO." From 1 Corinthians 16

GIFT COLLECTIONS ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK

Paul the apostle told the Corinthians what he told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each should set aside a sum of money in keeping with each income, saving it up, so that when he arrived no collections had to be made. At his arrival, he would give letters of recommendation for the messengers that were chosen to deliver their gift to Jerusalem. If it seemed advisable for the Apostle Paul to go also, they would accompany him.

LORD, the Apostle Paul at one time said to follow him as he followed Christ. We see him always ministering to others, and getting people to also cooperate in material ways to send to others. LORD, as we are given opportunity and as You have blessed us, may we have also give with this same love and spirit. Give us this grace also, LORD, so that others and our lost loved ones can be blessed by the ministers You send out, well equipped, to preach Your gospel.

THE APOSTLE PAUL TRAVELS

AND THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY

When the Apostle Paul went through Macedonia, he would then go to the Corinthians. He wanted to stay with them for a while, or even spend the winter. He did not want to see them right away for only a passing visit. He said he hoped to spend some time with them, if the Lord permitted. He wanted their help on his journey, wherever he went. He would stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, because a great door for effective work had been opened to him, and there were many who opposed him.

LORD, here is an example of submission to your will and not being presumptuous. Though what we are doing looks legit before You, we should always be humble before You and ask Your permission. LORD, help us not to miss opportunities for effective work that has been opened to us, be it for us or other ministers that You’ve called. This could also benefit the lives and souls of our lost loved ones.

TIMOTHY

When Timothy came, Paul the apostle told the Corinthians to see to it that Timothy had nothing to fear while he was with them, for he was carrying on the work of the Lord, as he was. He said no one should treat Timothy with contempt but to send him on his way in peace so that he returned to Paul that was expecting him along with the brothers.

LORD of the Harvest, we thank You for the Timothys that carry Your work along side with the Pauls. The lost need such brethren, and we pray You send them to our lost loved ones. May we be careful to show our appreciation to them in the way You expect us to.

APOLLOS

The Apostle Paul strongly urged Apollos to go to the Corinthians with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go at that time, but he would go when he had the opportunity.

LORD, if this was justified or not, we just want to make sure ourselves that we don’t justify ourselves when You say “Go.” May we not miss these opportunities You give to us to be fruitful. We also pray for those that You send to our lost loved ones that they obey and go to them with Your gospel of salvation.

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CHURCH

By God’s Spirit, Paul tells the church to

be on guard,
stand firm in the faith,
be courageous,
be strong,
to do everything in love.Heavenly Father, we pray for ourselves and the church, not to let our spiritual armor down, to stand firm in the faith, to be courageous, strong, and to do everything in Your love. We want to be an instrument of Your peace to win the souls of the lost and our own lost loved ones. Help us Holy Spirit, for we want to be filled with You. We know it’s not by might, nor by power, but by You that gives us all the victory and delivers those that are in bondage to sin with Your unction.

FIRST CONVERTS IN ACHAIA

The household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia and had devoted themselves to the service of the Lord’s people. Paul the Apostle urged the church to submit to such people and everyone who joins in the work and labors at it. The Apostle Paul was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus arrived because these brethren had supplied what the Corinthians were lacking and refreshed the Apostle Paul’s and the Corinthians’ spirit also. He said such men deserve recognition.

Father God, what joy You have in the presence of Your holy angels when sinners get saved, and then they devote themselves to Your service. May we support and join in as co-laborers with them. You use converts to make more converts. Send such brethren that are “on fire for the Lord Jesus” to our lost loved ones, LORD. We pray our lost loved ones too will be converts that devote themselves to Your service as Your people, being blessed and being a blessing.

GREETINGS FROM THE CHURCHES

The churches in the province of Asia sent the Corinthians greetings. Aquila and Pricilla greeted them warmly in the Lord as did the church that met at their house. All the brothers and sisters where the Apostle Paul was sent the Corinthians greetings and he told the Corinthians to greet one another with a holy kiss. He made notice that he himself wrote this greeting in his own hand. He said, “If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed!” He ended this epistle by saying, “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen”

Father we pray for our brothers and sisters in the Lord, and ourselves to be godly affectionate, showing Your love in us to one another. We very much want for the lost to see Your love when they come to church. We don’t want anyone to be cursed. Help the lost Lord, help our lost loved ones to get saved and get right with You through Your Son. May Yur grace be with us all in Christ Jesus. AMEN

From 1 Corinthians 16

　

THIRST AND HUNGER NO MORE, prayers for those that drink

PRAYERS FOR LOVED ONES THAT SUFFER FROM INTOXICATING DRINK

LORD, may Your almighty love, grace and mercy be with all of the people that suffer from this evil tool satan uses. let them be free in Your name! Amen.

LORD, lead them to the right path you have chosen for them in Jesus name

We pray that all those who suffer from the disease of alcoholism will find peace. May they find the strength and wisdom to follow the path to sobriety.

God hear our prayers and bless everyone with Your power to be relieved of this affliction.

Lord we pray that you speak to the heart of our loved ones that have turned to alcohol as an escape for their weaknesses and sorrows. Please show them what they are doing to themselves and their families and show them that there is a way out and a better life for them. May they draw strength from You, Lord, we ask in Jesus sweet name, amen.

LORD, please help us that are dealing with loved ones that struggle with alcohol and drug addiction. Give us the strength and wisdom to help them with Your help.

LORD, They become violent and angry, but deep within them this is not who they really are, or at least not who You meant for them to be nor they themselves want to be. We pray, in Jesus name that You remove from them this destructive tool of the devil and give them an abundant life in You.

LORD, for those that have loved ones that drink, teach us all to forgive, understand, and show love while setting the right kind of boundaries. Please help us. It's not easy and we feel tired, but we love them. Please bring healing to them and to us and help us make the right decisions everyday. In Christ Jesus name, Amen.

　
“…but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:14

Father God, we pray our lost loved ones drink of the water the Lord Jesus Your Son offers. They will no longer thirst for harmful drink, but will drink of the living water that You give them that will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. We pray in Jesus name, amen.

　
Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. - John 6:35

Bread of life, lead our lost love ones to come to You, so that they will never go hungry. Help them to believe in You so that they will never be thirsty, we pray in Jesus name. Amen.
　

CHRIST HAS INDEED BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD, AND THERE IS A RESURRECTION OF THOSE ALSO WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP IN CHRIST, 1 Corinthians 15, pt 2

Rise Again

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IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

Some said there is no resurrection of the dead.

IF there is no resurrection of the dead,

then not even Christ has been raised.

And IF Christ has not been raised,

our preaching is useless and so is your faith

Now if there is no resurrection, and IF the dead are not

not raised,

what will those do who are baptized for the dead?

why are people baptized for them?

And as for us, the Apostle Paul said,

“why do we endanger ourselves every hour?”

The Apostle Paul said he faced death every day,

fought with “wild beasts” in Ephesus with no more than

human hopes.

For what gains IF the dead are not raised.

IF the dead are not raised,

then God did not raise Christ from the dead

IF in fact the dead are not raised.

For IF the dead are not raised,

then Christ has not been raised either.



And IF Christ has not been raised,

your faith is futile;

and you are still in your sins.

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.

If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all

people most to be pitied.

IF the dead are not raised, then

“Let us eat and drink,==for tomorrow we die.”

Moreover, IF the dead are not raised,

we are then found to be false witnesses about God,

for the Apostle Paul and the church has testified about

God that He raised Christ from the dead.

Father God, Your Spirit reiterated in no uncertain terms

that Jesus Christ is raised from the dead. We pray for our lost loved ones that they believe this, and that there is also a resurrection of those who sleep in Jesus, for this is the hope of our salvation.

As your Word states in Romans 10:9

That if you confess with your mouth,

"Jesus is Lord,"

and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

　

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TAUGHT, AND WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?

Do not be misled:

“Bad company corrupts good character.”

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning:

For there are some who are to their shame ignorant of God.

CHRIST HAS INDEED BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

In this order: Christ the first fruits,

Then, when the end comes, those who belong to Him.

When the end comes, He will hand over the kingdom

to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion,

authority and power. For He must first reign until He has

put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be

destroyed is death. For He “has put everything under

His feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been

put under Him, it is clear that this does not include God

Himself, who put everything under Christ. When He has

done this, then the Son Himself will be made subject to

Him who put everything under Him, so that God may be

all in all.

LORD, in the name of the Lord Jesus deliver our lost loved ones from the doctrine of the sad Sadducees that denies any resurrection of the dead. Help to bring our lost loved ones into the lively hope of Your Son coming for Your believers as Your Word ascertains:

Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. - 2 Timothy 4:8

WHY WE DIE

Death came through man,

for as in Adam all die.

The sting of death is sin,

and the power of sin is the law.

BUT THANKS BE TO GOD!

He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Father God, especially those that don’t know You, blame You for people dying. Help them to understand that death came into the world through the disobedience (sin) of Adam, and death by sin because we all sinned (broke Your laws). We’ve all came short of Your glory.

But ever since Adam and Eve sinned, You promised salvation and have brought all believers of Your Promise victory through our Lord Jesus Christ, the Promised One. Thank You, LORD! Help our lost loved ones to believe in Your Promise by believing in the Promised One, the Lord Jesus Christ.

And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel." - Genesis 3:15

After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

- Genesis 3:24

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

- 2 Timothy 1:1

And this is what he promised us--even eternal life.

- 1 John 2:25

THE RESURRECTION

The resurrection of the dead comes also through a man;

in Christ all will be made alive

Father God, Your Word became flesh, born of a virgin and of Your Spirit. Your Word who was with You in the beginning, by Whom You made all created things, did not hold on to His deity, so that as a man He could die, being the perfect sacrifice You needed--without mar nor sin--to atone for our sins on the cross of Calvary. He said the devil had nothing in Him. Witnesses that testified against him to crucify him had to lie, because he was perfect. He became the spotless, unblemished Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world--our sins--praise God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the three in One God.

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. - 1 John 5:7

Father God, You have removed from Your people the bondage of fearing death because of what the Lord Jesus did for us. We have eternal life in Him because He is our personal and sufficient Lord and Savior. As sure as He rose from the dead, those that went to sleep in Him will also rise! Thank You LORD in Jesus name!

“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” - John 11:25-26

HOW ARE THE DEAD RAISE?

With what kind of body will they come?

What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

When you sow, you do not plant the body that it will be,

but just a seed (ex. wheat or of something else.)

But God gives it a body as he has determined,

and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

Not all flesh is the same.

People have one kind of flesh,

animals have another.

Birds have a kind of flesh, and fish another.

There are also heavenly bodies

and there are earthly bodies;



but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind,

and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.

The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another

and the stars another;

and star differs from star in splendor.

Father God, anyone that testifies Your Word is true but believes in evolution needs to pay attention to what You said in this Scripture. Nothing living that You created evolves into another kind of flesh.

The body people die in is like the seed that is sown, but it will be a glorious body when it springs up as you describe in the Scriptures below! Praise God!

THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

So will be the resurrection of the dead.

The body that is sown is perishable,

it is raised imperishable.

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;

it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

There is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

The Scriptures tell us,

"The first man, Adam, became a living person."

But the last Adam--that is, Christ--is a life-giving Spirit.

A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" - John 20:26

Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have." - Luke 24:39

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence.

-Luke 24:40-42

The spiritual did not come first,

but the natural, and after that the spiritual.

The first man was of the dust of the earth;

the second man is of heaven.

As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth;

and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are in

heaven.

And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,

so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

HERE’S A DECLARATION OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE BROTHERS & SISTERS IN CHRIST

Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,

nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Listen, we have been told a mystery:

We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed.

The dead will be raised imperishable,

for the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable,

and the mortal with immortality.

IT WILL HAPPEN:

in a flash,

in the twinkling of an eye,

at the last trumpet, for the trumpet shall sound.

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality,

Then the saying that is written will come true:

“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

“Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”

THEREFORE my dear brothers and sisters,

Stand firm.

Let nothing move you.

Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,

Because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

- Romans 8:20-25

LORD, we pray our lost loved ones also have this hope that we have, and this gives us reason to stand firm and not allow anything to move us, and to give ourselves fully to the work You’ve given us knowing that our labor in You is not in vain. Save our lost loved ones, we pray in Jesus name. Thank You, LORD.

From 1 Corinthians 15

THE GOSPEL BY WHICH WE ARE SAVED, 1 CORINTHIANS 15, PT 1

PRAYING FOR LOST LOVED ONES

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THE GOSPEL BY WHICH WE ARE SAVED

WE ARE SAVED BY THE GOSPEL:

that Paul the apostle received

that Paul the apostle passed to the church

as of first importance

that Paul the apostle preached to the church

that the church preached

that the church received

that the church believed

on which the church stood

by which the church is saved

Otherwise,

you have believed in vain

Father God, we are praying Your Word that will not return void, but it will accomplish why You sent it, and why You sent Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come and seek the lost. Father God, we are praying for our lost loved ones. We pray Your Spirit will lead them to hear the preaching of the Gospel that the Paul the apostle received and passed to the church. This is the Gospel on which we stand and by which we are saved, and the only Gospel that will save our lost loved ones. You have assured us and we believe that we have not believed in vain. Hallelujah!

THE Gospel says:

Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures

that He was buried

that He was raised from the dead on the third day

according to the Scriptures

that he appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve

After that, he appeared to more than 500 of the brothers

and sisters at the same time, most of whom were still

living when 1 Corinthians 15 was written, though some

had fallen asleep.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

and last of all he appeared to who later became the

Apostle Paul, as to one “abnormally born.”

Paul the Apostle considered himself:

the least of the apostles

not even deserving to be called an apostle

because he persecuted the church of God.

Father in heaven, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray our lost loved ones hearken to the Gospel of our salvation,

that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures

that He was buried

that He was raised from the dead on the third day

according to the Scriptures.

that He appeared to the apostles and many brethren as

1 Corinthians 15 states.

LORD, Your record is established and true. Manifest Your saving Gospel to our lost loved ones and save them LORD.

　

BY THE GRACE OF GOD,

The Apostle Paul was who he was.

God’s grace was not without effect.

The apostle Paul worked harder than all,

yet not him, but God’s grace that was with him.

Father God, by Your grace and mercy save our lost loved ones. Helper, Holy Spirit, they believe, help their unbelief.

We trust Your grace for them and for the brethren that are preaching Your Gospel is not without effect. Help these laborers, may Your grace be with them and us and by Your grace save our lost loved ones, we pray in Jesus name. Thank You, LORD.

1 Corinthians 15, pt 1

REFRESHMENT FOR THE WEARY PILGRIMhttp://tiredchristians.blogspot.com/

The purpose of this blog is to pray for the many that need to refresh with the water of God’s Word and be strengthened.

We will also only be putting the most recent post in this site.

Praying with you for your marriage, hoping in God His goodness will lead your
spouse to repentance and the one that went astray will turn their heart toward you and home.

PRAYING FOR LOST LOVED ONES

I Love to Tell the Story
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Tell Me the Story of Jesushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2WVflfqUAY&feature=autoplay&list=PLACFCADABFD1D45B6&playnext=2

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THE GOSPEL BY WHICH WE ARE SAVED

WE ARE SAVED BY THE GOSPEL:

that Paul the apostle received

that Paul the apostle passed to the church

as of first importance

that Paul the apostle preached to the church

that the church preached

that the church received

that the church believed

on which the church stood

by which the church is saved

Otherwise,

you have believed in vain

Father God, we are praying Your Word that will not return void, but it will accomplish why You sent it, and why You sent Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come and seek the lost. Father God, we are praying for our lost loved ones. We pray Your Spirit will lead them to hear the preaching of the Gospel that the Paul the apostle received and passed to the church. This is the Gospel on which we stand and by which we are saved, and the only Gospel that will save our lost loved ones. You have assured us and we believe that we have not believed in vain. Hallelujah!
THE Gospel says:

Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures

that He was buried

that He was raised from the dead on the third day

according to the Scriptures

that he appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve

After that, he appeared to more than 500 of the brothers

and sisters at the same time, most of whom were still

living when 1 Corinthians 15 was written, though some

had fallen asleep.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

and last of all he appeared to who later became the

Apostle Paul, as to one “abnormally born.”

Paul the Apostle considered himself:

the least of the apostles

not even deserving to be called an apostle

because he persecuted the church of God.

Father in heaven, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray our lost loved ones hearken to the Gospel of our salvation,

that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures

that He was buried

that He was raised from the dead on the third day

according to the Scriptures.

that He appeared to the apostles and many brethren as

1 Corinthians 15 states.

LORD, Your record is established and true. Manifest Your saving Gospel to our lost loved ones and save them LORD.
BY THE GRACE OF GOD,

The Apostle Paul was who he was.

God’s grace was not without effect.

The apostle Paul worked harder than all,

yet not him, but God’s grace that was with him.

Father God, by Your grace and mercy save our lost loved ones. Helper, Holy Spirit, they believe, help their unbelief.

We trust Your grace for them and for the brethren that are preaching Your Gospel is not without effect. Help these laborers, may Your grace be with them and us and by Your grace save our lost loved ones, we pray in Jesus name. Thank You, LORD.

HERE AM I, HERE AM I!

I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!

- Psalm 139-:7

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Even there shall thy hand lead me. - Psalm 139:11-12

Omnipresent Father, detain our lost loved runaways and fugitives trying to run and hide from You. Though thick darkness cover them, the night shall be a light of day about them. You see them and there is no place where You cannot see them. No disguise they put on or action can evade You. Have mercy on them LORD, withhold Your wrath and judgment and bring salvation to them, for You are their Maker, You made them in Your image. Your mercy upholds their soul in life.

Gracious Father, Your loving presence comforts us, for You dwell in us. In You we live, move, and have our being. Concerning our lost loved ones, we look to You for hope. May our lost loved ones see You in the image of Jesus Christ. By seeing Him, they will see You. Help them to be sensible and not flee from You, rather to run to You for refuge and salvation.

"I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said,

'Here am I, here am I.'

- Isaiah 65:1

Manifest Yourself to our lost loved ones by Your irresistible testimony, the saving Gospel. LORD, though they are not looking for You, reveal the Lord Jesus Christ to them. Though they are not seeking You, may You be discovered by them. Though they are not calling on Your name, let them hear You calling them, saying, “HERE AM I, HERE AM I.” Offer them Your favor, invite them to partake of Your salvation. Open their eyes by Your Spirit for them to behold Your glory and the riches of Your grace and wondrous love. Be discernible to them though they are not inquiring.

Father, we pray in Jesus name, amen.