Prayer Series ~ Day 7

Day 7

WHAT TO PRAY: For the Power of the Holy Spirit on Ministers

Romans 15:30
30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

2 Corinthians 1:10,11
10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; 11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

What a great host of ministers there are in Christ's church. What need they have of prayer. What a power they might be, if they were all clothed with the power of the Holy Ghost. Pray definitely for this; long for it. Think of your own minister, and ask it very specially for him. Connect every thought of the ministry, in our town or neighborhood or world, with the prayer that all may be filled with the Spirit. Plead for them the promise, "Tarry...until ye be endued with power from on high." "Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you."

HOW TO PRAY: In Secret

Matthew 6:6
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 14:23
23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

John 6:15
15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

Take time and realize, when you are alone with God: Here am I now, face-to-face with God, to intercede for His servants. Do not think you have no influence or that your prayer will not be missed. Your prayers and faith will make a difference. Cry in secret to God for His ministers.