NOVEMBER 18, 2025
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them
that are lost: in whom the god of this
world hath blinded the minds of them
which believe not, lest the light of the
glorious gospel of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine unto them
(2 Corinthians 4:3-4).
One of the most powerful lessons I’ve learnt in
soul winning is the value of persistence in prayer.
When you’re interceding for someone’s salvation, you
move into deep travail, wailing in the Spirit. You already
said before entering your place of prayer, “Today’s prayer
is deep travail” because you know the worth of a soul.
When the Lord Jesus spoke of the man who found one
pearl of great price, He said the man sold all he had to
obtain it (Matthew 13:45-46). That’s what a soul means to
God, and that’s what we understand as soul winners that
make us groan in prayer and keep pressing until a soul is
won and established in the Kingdom.
When you intercede like this, you continue in the Spirit
until there’s a release. The love of Christ compels you.
You’re not praying out of selfish interest. You’re not crying
in prayer over someone you want to marry or do business
with; it’s strictly for their salvation. You’re driven by love
and the Spirit’s burden for a life that must be transformed,
a soul that must be won for Christ.
Read our opening scripture again; it lets you know that
in the place of intercession, you pray passionately that the
light of the glorious gospel of Christ shines in the hearts
of those who haven’t yet known the Lord, prevailing over
darkness, religion and deception.
You don’t stop; you declare that every resistance in
their hearts to the Gospel is broken, they’re delivered from
Satan’s dominion, and as they hear the message, their
hearts are open to receive it for their salvation. Hallelujah!
Remember, “...The earnest (heartfelt, continued)
prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power
available [dynamic in its working]” (James 5:16 AMPC).
Your heartfelt intercessory prayers will make the required
power available for their salvation.
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for counting me faithful and
committing to me the ministry of reconciliation. I’m
stirred and compelled by your love to intercede for the
lost, praying with passion and divine urgency. And as I
do, they’re delivered from darkness into light, and from
the power of Satan unto God. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Colossians 4:12; Galatians 4:19; Ephesians 3:14-19
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
James 1 & Ezekiel 17-19
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 12:42-50 & 1 Chronicles 18
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