Jesus’ burden for the lost multitude resulted in His instruction to pray that the Lord would send laborers into the harvest field (Matthew 9:38). In His deep burden for the unsaved He commanded prayer for the saints instead of the sinner. Likewise, the apostle Paul requested prayer for both the opportunity to witness (Colossians 4:3) and the courage to present the gospel (Ephesians 6:19-20). To pray for our lost friends is a naturally loving instinct, but it is God’s Word that guides us how to do so. It instructs us to pray that the Lord would send someone into their lives who would have the opportunity and the freedom to clearly present the gospel.
Bill Thrasher

Communicating With Jesus

Communicating With Jesus

Gem #77 – Communicating with Jesus

I think that if you had a free pass to heaven’s palace, you would use it often; if you could go there and hold communion with some person whom you dearly loved, you would often be found there. But here is your Jesus, the king of heaven, and He gives you that which can open the gates of heaven and let you in to hold company with Him, and yet you live without meditating upon His work, meditating upon His person, meditating upon His offices, and meditating upon His glory.