More on spiritual blindness
From your comments yesterday, it sounded like you had the same takeaway as I did: as we pray for those who don’t yet know Christ, asking for the removal of spiritual blindness is key.
While there are no magic formulas, it’s so important to understand the spiritual dynamic, and address it. That family member I’ve been praying over for years needs freedom from deception. The person I don’t know in my neighborhood that I pray for as I want our church (and me) to be an influence in our community needs freedom from deception.
I love what Neil has to say: When we pray we are not trying to persuade God to join us in our service for Him; prayer is the activity of joining God in his ministry.
God already has in mind what He wants to do; prayer is a matter of me hearing what that is, and then agreeing with it. Spiritual battle is done when I pray in agreement.
Waiting for the chocolate to set…
ReplyDeleteThis is profound:
When we pray we are not trying to persuade God to join us in our service for Him; prayer is the activity of joining God in His ministry. Instead of praying for someone to love Jesus, I will focus more on praying for their release from Satan. If they are released and the blindness pulled back they can see what we see - a loving heavenly father waiting for us to come home to Him.