We join you, Adelphelia, in praying for those who have strayed from the faith and for unbelievers, trusting that our Lord is always faithful and willing to welcome back His lost sheep. Let us remember the words of Jesus in Luke 15:4-6 WEB: โWhich of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing. When he comes home, he calls together his friends, his family and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'โ
Our hearts burden for those who have wandered away from the truth. We pray that the Holy Spirit will convict and draw them back to Jesus Christ, the only name by which we can be saved. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life? No one comes to the Father except through him. John 14:6..For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all. This was the testimony given at the proper time.? 1Ti 2:5-6 WEB
We must note importantly that though God loves everyone and desires fellowship with all ?he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance? 2Pe 3:9
Let us pray together for this to happen.
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before You in the name of Jesus Christ, lifting up those who have turned away from You. We know your desire is for everyone to come to repentance. We know that without Jesus Christ there is no further access to you nor is there salvation through any other name. We cry out to you to call your lost sheep back to the fold. Give opportunities to your many Church members still engaged in the harvest to plant and water the seeds of the knowledge of you in their lives and minds that see them return to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Father God, soften their hearts and open their eyes to the truth of the gospel. Remind them of Your unfailing love and the sacrifice Jesus made for them on the cross. We existing Christians will do all in our strength to encourage your lost sheep back. We will pray for them and invite them back. Open our eyes and help us to spot all who have left Christ so that we might teach them the Good News of Jesus Christ leading to salvation. Give them (those who were saved previously but have left for a time), as well as those who do not know of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior no rest, no peace until they return or claim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Help us by your Holy Spirit to address every word in opposition or objection to further them returning so that they and we can see unbelievers and former Christians return to the Christ in joy and faith. We ask this in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior's name.
Amen.
Be encouraged, Adelphelia, for our God is a loving and merciful God. As Isaiah 55:11 WEB says, โSo shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.โ
"And they sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth."? Rev 5:9?10 WEB