When we pray for the lost, we know that God is smiling on us. He is pleased as we are aligning our will with His. Praying for the lost is endorsed by God. Reaching out to the lost is an activity blessed by God.
Sharing Christ with others is the most joyful experience. Whether or not they receive Jesus is another matter but the fact that you gave them a chance to hear the Good News you are being a blessing to them.
Many people in this world do not have a chance to know Jesus. It is an awful thing to live this life and yet not having the chance to hear about the Gospel. I thank God for the chance to hear the Gospel and to respond to it! I thank God for the group of Uni mates who never gave up on me despite my stubborn and rebellious nature.
2 Pet 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance"
God is not willing that any should perish. The word is "any" even the most hard-core unbeliever, even the most idolatrous, even the most stubborn and rebellious!
God needs us to soften their hearts through our prayers!
Praying for the lost is in God's heart. When we pray God's heart, God hears.
1 John 5:14-15 "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him"
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