Weekly Prayer #50

John 20:21-23

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

This is the 50th weekly prayer:

Dear Jesus,

Thank You for the Great Commission: to make disciples for You and to make Your name known to all nations.

The harvest is ready in the city, as we see so much brokenness here; but the workers are few. Please reveal to and convict more of Your children that not only missionaries are on the front line, but all Christians are on the front line.

Help us to view Your commission not merely as a responsibility and command, but also as a duty and honor—that You have called and sent us, just as the Father sent You.

Please help us always to be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks us for the reason for the hope that we have, not merely with our words but with our entire beings through Your Spirit. Help us to believe that we are the light within the brokenness.

Dear Lord, please help us to be excited about Your return, and keep us occupied with joy in our heart because of it.

In Your holy name, I pray and receive, 

Amen