# Prayer for hearing God's word
*2008-10-15*

> Bill Young shares a special prayer focused on interceding for those in our lives who do not yet know or believe in Jesus Christ.

## Interceding for the spiritually lost

We all know people—friends, coworkers, or even strangers we pass on the street—who may have heard of Christ but do not believe in Him, or perhaps have never heard of Him at all. Many of these people are not truly happy because they are living without God. If they could only understand that we are only fulfilled as human beings and our souls graced with love through the one true love of God and Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit, their lives would be much better.

## The necessity of a messenger

In this prayer, we acknowledge that God is the one who gives life to the spiritually dead, as noted in Romans 4:17. While we know that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, Scripture asks a vital question: How can those we are praying for call on Jesus if they have not believed in Him? How can they believe if they have not heard, and how can they hear without someone bringing the truth to them? As Romans 10:13-15 teaches, someone must be sent.

## A prayer for the Word of Christ

Father, I am praying for [name] and others in my circle of family and friends who need Christ. I ask You to send someone into each one of their lives with the message of life, the Word of Christ, for the Word does not return empty; it accomplishes what You desire and achieves the purpose for which it is sent, according to Isaiah 55:11. May they hear the words of Christ, for the words are spirit and they are life. May the words that they hear not be stolen from their hearts. Lord, send someone they can respect to bring the truth. In the name of Jesus, amen.

*We must pray that God sends respectful messengers into the lives of our loved ones so they may hear the Word of Christ and find true fulfillment.*