BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US

SUNDAY, 29TH OCTOBER, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

TOPIC:  BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US.

MEMORIZE: “Brethren, pray for us.” 1 Thessalonians 5:25

SCRIPTURE READING: Ephesians 6:18-20

“praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints-- 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”

EXPOSITION:

“Brethren, pray for us.”  We reserve today to refresh our reader's memory upon the subject of prayer for ministers, and we do most earnestly implore every Christian household to grant the fervent request of the text first uttered by an apostle and now repeated by us. Brethren, our work is Solemnly momentous, involving weal (stripe, wound) or woe to thousands; we treat with souls for God on eternal business, and our word is either a savour of life unto life, or of death unto death. A very heavy responsibility rests upon us, and it will be no small mercy if at the last we be found clear of the blood of all men. As officers in Christ's army, we are the especial mark of the enmity of men and devils; they watch for our halting, and labour to take us by the heels. 

Our sacred calling involves us in temptations from which you are exempt, above all it too often draws us away from our personal enjoyment of truth into a ministerial and official consideration of it. We meet with many knotty cases, and our wits are at a non plus; we observe very sad backslidings, and our hearts are wounded; we see millions perishing, and our spirits sink. We wish to profit you by our preaching; we desire to be blest to your children; we long to be useful both to saints and sinners; therefore, dear friends, intercede for us with our God. Miserable men are we if we miss the aid of your prayers, but happy are we if we live in your supplications. You do not look to us but to our Master for spiritual blessings, and yet how many times has He given those blessings through His ministers; ask then, again and again, that we may be the earthen vessels into which the Lord may put the treasure of the gospel. We, the whole company of ministers, missionaries, and seminarians, do in the name of Jesus beseech you "BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US."

PRAYER POINT:  1. Please, pray for all the ministers of God globally for more of God in us.

2. Pray for the restoration of the backsliding ministers who are victims of sins.

3. Pray for the wounded ministers who have received the arrow(s) of the enemies while on their duty posts.

4. Pray sincerely as you are led by the Holy Spirit for our spiritual and physical well-being.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Luke 10 - 12

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ANCHOR OF LIFE is the daily devotional guide written by PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE, General Overseer, Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l. It is an extraction of God’s word designed to draw the sincere seekers closer to God on a daily basis through an insightful exposition and analysis of God’s Word. 

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