tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post4580086468297137702..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: A Missionary Prayer Letter: An EvaluationKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-18355349359352455392015-04-01T13:59:01.894-07:002015-04-01T13:59:01.894-07:00Hi Anonymous,
I don't pray for specific indiv...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />I don't pray for specific individuals to be saved, because there is not one example of it in the Bible, and because Mark 11:24 -- "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." -- says to pray for what I believe I will receive. I don't know that I will receive it, so I don't pray it. I pray for boldness, for wisdom, doors of utterance, biblical things, because prayer should be regulated by scripture.<br /><br />Paul may have been praying for King Agrippa. Do you have something from the Bible on that? I don't think he prayed that the king would be saved.<br /><br />His prayer for Israel that Israel would be saved is based upon promises of God, because God said Israel would be saved. You can read that in the OT.<br /><br />Can we get more behind someone than obeying the Bible?<br /><br />I don't pray for someone, who I think is convicted by the Holy Spirit, to be saved for the reasons I stated above. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation, so I preach the gospel.<br /><br />I pray for people, but I pray scriptural prayers.<br /><br />I have some questions for you, anonymous. 1) Do you believe in irresistible grace? 2) Do you pray by name for every single person in your phone book? Do you pray for more than the names of your phone book, but get other phone books and pray for them? 3) Is the gospel sufficient? 4) Can you name one specific lost person in the Bible who someone prayed for him to be saved?<br /><br />I don't want this post to be about prayer, per se. I want us to think about wrong views of sanctification, of the ministry of the Holy Spirit, and of true spirituality.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-67910983455911023032015-04-01T09:01:42.450-07:002015-04-01T09:01:42.450-07:00Pastor Brandenburg,
Do you pray for specific indiv...Pastor Brandenburg,<br />Do you pray for specific individuals to be saved? Do you not think that Paul was praying for King Agrippa? Did Paul not pray that Israel might be saved? Why can't we get behind a missionary and pray for specific people? If you meet someone soul winning and you can tell that the Holy Spirit is convicting would you not pray for that person to be saved?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-61527554057891136652015-03-26T10:18:05.316-07:002015-03-26T10:18:05.316-07:00Well said, except for your 2nd point. Agree that ...Well said, except for your 2nd point. Agree that we have the fullness of the Spirit when we first believed, but if we "grieve the Spirit" or are not filled with the Spirit (be filled with the Spirit- Ephesians 5:18) then we should pray for a "deeper work in the church", though I would not say it that way.<br /><br />Show the brother a little grace until you are certain he is unbiblical.<br />The Preacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555338497068482867noreply@blogger.com