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PRAYERS FOR THE PERSECUTED (CHRIST LIKE) DISCIPLES IN ASIA
PRAYERS FOR THE PERSECUTED (CHRIST LIKE) DISCIPLES IN ASIA
Mark 12:1-9 (KJV), Jesus
speaking:
1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted
a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the wine fat, and
built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen [Pastors, General overseers, those in key positions in the Government,
Politicians, Entrepreneurs etc.] and went
into a far country.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a
servant [a Disciple, a carrier of
Christ], that he might receive from the husbandmen of
the fruit [Christ's life] of the vineyard.
The earth is the Lord’s and
the fullness there of; so what did they do?
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent
him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they
cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him
away shamefully handled.
5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many
others; beating some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved, he sent him also last
unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, this is the heir; come, let
us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out
of the vineyard.
Brothers and sisters, this
is a typical persecution that is going on in the world today against the
Disciples of Jesus. It is common in all nations including ASIA. It is common in
our churches, work places and in families. We have brothers and sisters who are
been killed / persecuted because of their faith; for their stand for the TRUTH
(JESUS).
John 14:6 (ERV) "Jesus answered, “I am
the way, the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is
through me."
Jesus in John 15:18-19
(ERV) confirms these. He says:
18 “If the world hates you, remember that they hated me first. 19 If
you belonged to the world, the world would love you as it loves its own people. But
I have chosen you to be different from those in the world. So you don’t
belong to the world, and that is why the world hates you.
- We want to pray on behalf of our
brethren for strength, grace,
courage, and hope just like Jesus did for his
disciples in John 17.
- Verses 9-11 of Mark Chapter 12 says:
"What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and
destroy the husbandmen, and will give the
vineyard unto others. 10And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders
rejected is become the head of the corner: 11 This
was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
- We want to ask the Lord to replace these
husbandmen (hirelings just like in John10:10-15) if they do not repent and
turn to JESUS who is the way, the truth and whose lifestyle they have to
follow.
- We want these Disciples to be the stones
that the builders refused to accept.
- We want the oppressors to know that it is the Lord’s doing for the persecuted Christians to become the head of the cornerstones.
LET US PRAY:
John 16:13 (ERV)
But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all.
He will not speak his own words. He will speak only what he hears and will
tell you what will happen in the future.
- Lord my Father, please always help Your Disciples to listen to Your Spirit when You are leading them into all truth, in Jesus' name.
John 17: 9-10 (KJV)
I pray for them (Jesus praying for his Disciples): I pray
not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for
they are thine. 10 And all mine are thine, and thine are
mine; and I am glorified in them.
- Lord my Father, please glorify Jesus in the lives of Your persecuted children in Asia, in Jesus' name. Give them the assurance that they are Yours and Jesus is still praying for them, in Jesus' name.
John 17:11
And now I am no more in the
world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep
through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as
we are.
- Lord, please continue to send both physical and spiritual help to Your children in Asia so that they do not feel alone, like Elijah, in Jesus' name.
John 17:12
While I was with them in
the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest
me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of
perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
- Lord, please continue to keep Your Children in Your name. Do not let them give up regardless of what they are going through, in Jesus' name.
John 17:13-15
And now come I to thee; and
these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy
fulfilled in themselves.14 I have given them thy word;
and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am
not of the world.15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them
out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
- Lord my Father, please fill your children in Asia with Your joy and Your Word; and further keep them from the evil on, in Jesus' name.
John 17:16-17
They are not of the world,
even as I am not of the world.17 Sanctify them through thy
truth: thy word is truth.
- Lord, please continue to sanctify Your children through Your truth: Your word is truth, in Jesus' name.
John 17:18-21
As thou hast sent me into
the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they
also might be sanctified through the truth. 20 Neither
pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on
me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as
thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in
us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- Lord, please encourage Your children to know that what they are going through will not be in vain but it will stand as a testimony for those who will believe Jesus through their words.
John 17:22-23
And the glory which thou
gavest me I have given them; that they may be one,
even as we are one:23 I in them, and thou in me, that
they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that
thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou
hast loved me.
- Holy Spirit of God, please always bring to their remembrance that their labour and suffering in the Lord will not be in vain but it will be rewarded; and that they have an inheritance for it here on earth and in the world to come, in Jesus' name. Please make them one as well, in Jesus' name.
John 17:24-26
Father, I will that they
also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me:
for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.25 O
righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee,
and these have known that thou hast sent me.26 And I
have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith
thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
- Finally brethren, we want to ask the Lord to please encounter all those who are suffering as a result of ignorance; that the truth of Christ be revealed to them so that they do not labour in vain any further, in Jesus' name. Amen.
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