Luke10:1-2 (AMP) The Seventy Sent Out -
“Now
after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them out ahead of Him,
two by two, into every city and place where He was about to go. He was saying
to them, “The harvest is abundant [for there are many who need to hear the good
news about salvation], but the workers [those available to proclaim the message
of salvation] are few. Therefore, [prayerfully] ask the Lord of the harvest to
send out workers into His harvest.”
The Lord started with twelve
and now He is sending seventy more (Verse1).
· Thank You Father for appointing the men of courage
just as You appointed the seventy.
· Father, we thank You for the number of our men of
courage arising presently to fulfil Your will.
· Lord, as Your disciples multiplied, we pray for a
visible increase in the men of courage.
They are going ahead of Him to
prepare men for His return.
Acts
1:10-11 (AMP) –
“While they were looking
intently into the sky as He was going, two men in white clothing suddenly stood
beside them, who said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky?
This [same] Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will return in
just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”
Mark
16:15 (AMP) – “And He said to them, “Go
into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”
· Father, give the men a deep understanding of why
they have to prepare men for Your return and let it bring an urgency in their
service.
·
Help them to always be prepared at any time to meet
with You.
· Father, help them to show men that You Lord are the
only way to heaven (John14:6).
·
May they nurture and prepare men for eternal life.
The Lord sent them two by two
because –
There is power in agreement and
unity.
They will both complement each
other.
So they can both bear witness
together.
To also strengthen and
encourage each other.
It is also a process of
discipleship.
· Dear Lord, seeing how You sent Your disciples two by
two, we pray for unity within the men of courage.
· Lord, help them not to be alone in their effort to
serve You; may they consistently share Your work with those who can encourage
and support them.
· Father, give them the grace to bear each other’s
burden (Galatians 6:2).
· Lord, as You sent them out together, may their lives
and words be a witness of Your Gospel.
All the cities and nations all
over the world, is the Lord’s command to go (there are over 5,000 cities in the
world).
·
Lord, we pray for open door to all the cities and
nations all over the world.
·
We command every gate and the ancient doors to be
lifted up in these cities, that the King of Glory may come in so that the
message of salvation be preached (Psalms
24:7).
·
Father, as the sole of their feet treads upon those
cities, we pray for the hearts of the people to be open to them.
·
Lord,
as they go let Your presence be with them.
·
Father, instruct, direct and teach them in the way
they will go (Psalms 32:8).
He was saying to them, “The harvest is abundant [for
there are many who need to hear the good news about salvation].”
World population states that there are 7.4billion people in
the world.
World population of Christians - 2.1 billion out of this
population number who have the message of the cross preached to them is few.
He spoke and told them what the
situation was (Verse 2).
Lift up your eyes and see.
The power to see clearly is
from God (Proverbs 20:12).
·
Father, give them the eyes that see as You see.
·
Lord,
cause their vision to be enlarged.
·
Lord, grant them insight into the harvest.
·
Father, take them to those who need to hear the good
news about salvation.
But the workers [those available to proclaim the message
of salvation] are few.
Therefore, [prayerfully] ask the Lord of the harvest to
send out workers into His harvest.
There are workers but the Lord
asks us to pray for workers who are available to proclaim the message of
salvation; it is these ones that are few.
· Lord, we pray for more men of courage who are
available to proclaim the message of salvation.
· Father, do not let them be preoccupied with the
wrong assignment.
·
Make them to see that this is a priority in Your
plan for the return of our Lord Jesus.
·
Father, let it be a matter of urgency in their heart.
·
Lord, let the word (the message of salvation) burn
in their hearts and be fire in their bones and let them be weary of holding it
in (Jeremiah 20:9).
· Father, You are the Lord of the harvest, send
workers (men of courage) in the harvest.
· We pray that the Lord will count them worthy of His
calling and by His power fulfil all the good pleasure of His goodness and work
of faith (2Thessalonians1:11).
· Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify them
through and through [that is, separate them from profane and vulgar things,
make them pure and whole and undamaged, consecrated to Him—set apart for His
purpose]; and may their spirit and soul and body be kept complete and [be
found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen (1Thessalonians 5:23).
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