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Pray
Prayer for myself as a communicator of God’s Word
That God will cleanse me, fill me, send me and use me.
That my preaching will be anointed by the Holy Spirit, so that a genuine movement of God can / will take place.
That I would discern the leading of God with unmistakable clarity, and that the words I say would be chosen by God.
That my voice remains strong and clear.
That with God’s help, I would communicate His truth to the best of my ability.
Evangelistic praying
Pray that God will draw people to Himself.
Pray by name for specific unsaved people.
Pray that God would remove spiritual blindness.
Pray that people would hunger for the true God.
Pray that people will understand and believe the Scriptures.
That as I preach, the Holy Spirit would touch the intellect, emotion and will of every listener, drawing them to Himself.
Pray that any one present who needs to be born again would believe on Christ as Savior.
Pray that people would not just become converts, but would be disciples.
Revival praying
Pray that in churches everywhere, God would bring thorough and long-lasting revival.
Pray that the Holy Spirit would move Christians to consistent, honest and faithful prayer.
Pray that Christians will focus more on “who they are,” rather than merely on “what they do”
Pray that God will arouse believers who may otherwise be content with things as they are.
Pray that Christians will have an insatiable thirst for the Word of God.
Pray that Bible study would be a priority for all believers.
Pray that God would call Christians into all types of ministries.
Pray that, from among teens and young adults, God would raise up Christian leaders.
Pray that Christians would not have “ought against each other” (Matthew 5:23-24).
Pray that believers would not harbor grudges and unforgiveness among themselves.
Pray that Christians would be the same in private that they are in public. Pray that the words and actions of believers would “match up.”
Pray that Christians will be consumed with a desire for God to be worshipped and for people to be saved.
Pray that God would bring repentance, cleansing, and the Holy Spirit’s filling to the Body of Christ.
Prayer - the most potent resource of all
Throughout the centuries, Christian leaders have testified to the power of sincere, specific prayer. Given the fact that all ministers need God’s hand on their lives as they prepare and deliver their messages and in light of the testimonies presented here, I believe that the role of prayer in preaching cannot be overstated. Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) summed up well the need for those in ministry to keep prayer a priority: “The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying, The devil fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. The devil laughs at our toil, mocks our wisdom, but Satan trembles when we pray.”
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Chadwick, Samuel. Cited in The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations (Hampshire, UK: John Hunt Publishing, 2000), p. 783.