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The Names of God and Missions The following prayer guide uses the names of God to plead for the spread of the gospel. In order to use this prayer guide, place the name of the nation or the people group in the blank. Plead with God according to His names. Father, You are God. You are the God who creates. You have created all things by Your wisdom and power. Father, You have created __________________. They are the work of Your hands. I plead that You would save _______________ and make them new creatures in Jesus Christ. By Your power that created all things, I pray that You would transform _________________ through the Word of God (Genesis 1:1, 2, 27, 28, 31, 9:6; Exodus 20:2; Numbers 27:16, Deuteronomy 23:5; Psalm 8; Isaiah 49:5). Father, You are Yahweh. You are the great and mighty covenant God. You enter into relationship with Your people. It is Your desire to enter into relationship with sinful people and to change them. O, Lord, I pray that You would reveal Yourself to _________________. I plead that You will bring them into a relationship to Yourself through the gospel of Jesus Christ (Genesis 2:7; Exodus 3:14-15; Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 103:6; Isaiah 43:4; Malachi 3:6). Father, You are the Most High God. You reign over the nations. You are awesome. You are the great King over all the earth. I plead that You would humble _________________. Reveal to them that You are the only true God. Show them Your glory and Your power. Cause them to surrender to You, the Most High God, through Your Son, Jesus Christ (Genesis 14:18-20; Numbers 24:16; Deuteronomy 32:8; Psalm 56:2, 57:2, 87:5, 91:9; Isaiah 14:14; Daniel 4:17, 24-25, 32-35). Father, You are Adonai. You are the rightful Ruler over all people. You own and control all things. The only rightful response to You is to surrender to You and obey You. Father, I pray that _________________ would surrender to You and yield obedience to Your commands. I ask that ________________ would turn to You through Your Son and offer acceptable worship to You as the Lord of all things (Genesis 18:14, 19:16, 20:4, 20:18; Leviticus 11:44, 19:2-4; Deuteronomy 5:9, 11, 6:15, 7:6-8; Psalm 37:33, 40:5, 17, 89:1, 6, 103:13; Romans 14:9). Father, You are the God who sees. Nothing escapes Your attention. You see all and know all. Father, _______________ are ever before Your eyes. You know their needs. You see their bondage. O God, how I plead with You to meet their spiritual needs. I pray that You would break the spiritual bondage that entangles them. Father, it is ever before You. I ask You to act in their behalf (Genesis 16:1-14). Father, You are the God who provides. Father, __________________ need Jesus Christ and His salvation. I ask You to provide them with a powerful witness. I plead with You to meet all their physical and spiritual needs through Your glorious power and riches. You have done this for many. I now plead in the name of Jesus that You would provide the same things for __________________ (Genesis 22). Father, You are the God who heals. I pray that You would heal the physically sick among _________________. Reveal Your love and mercy to them through this. Show them through this that You and You alone are God. I also plead that You would heal the spiritually sick among ________________. I pray that You would bring them into a right relationship with Yourself. Heal them, O Lord, of their sinfulness through the power of Your gospel. O Lord, You are the God who heals, I pray that You would be true to Your name by healing _______________ physically and spiritually (Exodus 15:26; Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalm 103:3, 147:3). Father, You are the God our Banner. I pray that the missionaries that are working among __________________ would look to You in faith and trust You for victory. You are able to give spiritual victory among _________________. In the name of Jesus, I plead that Your gospel would conquer the hearts and lives of __________________. I pray that You would bind the enemy and destroy all his devious and evil plans for ________________. Grant spiritual victory among ______________ for Your glory's sake (Exodus 17:15). Father, You are the God who sanctifies. You are a God who desires to save sinners and make them holy. O God, I pray that You would save ________________. I plead that You would make them holy. Father, I ask You to transform ________________, redeeming them from every lawless deed and purifying them for Yourself. O God, make ________________ into Your own special people, zealous for good works (Exodus 31:13). Father, Your Word says that You are the God of peace. You are the God who grants the peace that surpasses my understanding. Father, I pray that You would create within ____________________ a longing for the peace that only comes through Jesus Christ. I ask that You would use their circumstances to well up in their hearts a despair that only Jesus Christ can change. Let ______________ find no peace in anything but the Lord Jesus Christ. I plead, O God of peace, that You would grant ______________ peace by bringing them into a personal relationship with Yourself through Jesus Christ (Judges 6:22-24). Father, You are the God of hosts. You command and control the angelic army of heaven. You reign over them and they do all that You command. Lord of hosts, I pray that You would send angels to protect and encourage the missionaries who are laboring among ____________________. I plead that Your angels will overcome any satanic attacks against these missionaries and ________________. Lord of hosts, I ask that You would grant deliverance to the missionaries and _________________ (1 Samuel 1:3, 11:2; 2 Kings 19:31; Psalm 24:10, 46:7, 11, 84:1, 3, 8, 12, 148:2; Isaiah 14:27; Haggai 1:2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 23; Malachi 1:4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 4:1,3). Father, You are our Shepherd. You exercise a continual care and protection over Your people. Father, I ask You to save __________________ so that You can become their Shepherd. I ask You to bring them into a right relationship with Yourself so that they can experience Your love, care, and protection. Your love and mercy is better than life itself. I cry out to You to save _________________ so that they can experience this love and mercy (Psalm 23). Father, You are the Lord our righteousness. You are the God of righteousness. To be in a relationship with You, people must be righteous. O God, ________________ are not righteous. They are sinners in rebellion against You. They have sinned against You and have fallen short of Your glory. Their righteousness is as filthy rags. They are lost and separated from You. Yet, I plead with You to bring them to Your Son in faith and repentance. Father, You grant righteousness to those who have faith in Jesus. I ask that they would trust in Jesus and then be clothed in His righteousness. You accept and forgive those who turn to Jesus. I ask that You would lead them to faith and repentance through the gospel so that they can be accepted and forgiven (Jeremiah 23:6). Father, You are the God who is there. Because of You, people can have hope regardless of their circumstances. I pray that You would save ______________ so that they can know You and have hope. O God, bring them into a relationship with Yourself so that they can know the plans that You have for them, plans to prosper them and to give them a future. Create within their hearts a sense of hopelessness. Use their circumstances to cause this to well up in their hearts. Let this hopelessness drive them to Christ so that they can find their hope in You, the Lord who is there (Ezekiel 48:35). Father,
You are God Almighty. You are the God of sufficiency. Lord, I ask You
to show _______________ that they are helpless and hopeless apart from
You. Destroy any pride of self-sufficiency that would hinder them from
turning to the Lord Jesus Christ. Cause them to see that You and You
alone are God. Enable them to understand that all other gods and religions
are false, useless, and will lead to eternal damnation. Show ________________
that You alone are sufficient to save, bless, sustain, and secure (Genesis
17:1, 28:3, 35:11, 43:14, 48:3, 49:25; Job 11:7, 33:4, 34:10; Psalm
91:1).
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