John 6:44  “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws the, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

There are so many people who have rejected God for so long that we must pray for God to draw them to Him, to give them tender hearts once again to hear and receive the Gospel, so they will be saved.  Satan is fighting with everything he’s got to take as many as he can down with him.  Whether or not you like someone or not should not be the deciding factor for praying for them.  Since it is not God’s will for any to die in sin without accepting Him as their Savior, we need to pray for His heart for them as well.  It’s too easy to allow our emotions to get in the way, but we need to focus on eternity, not just ours but theirs as well.  

I am horrified at how blatant the attacks are and yet there are people who seem totally unaware.  People get angry with God instead of the sin that is causing destruction and pain.  The world needs Jesus.  I was reading one of the Narnia books, (The Magician’s Nephew) and the animals had brought Uncle Andrew to Aslan to figure out what he was and they were hoping that He would allow them to keep him as a pet. (Some parts of this book crack me up). When they dropped him at the lion’s feet, Uncle Andrew was terrified and wouldn’t move so Polly asked if Aslan might say something to him to comfort him and Aslan’s response was, “He thinks great folly, child,” said Aslan.  “This world is bursting with life for these few days because the song with which I called it into life still hangs in the air and rumbles in the ground.  It will not be so for long.  But I cannot tell that to this old sinner, and I cannot comfort him either; he has made himself unable to hear my voice.  If I spoke to him, he would hear only growling and roarings.  Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!” * Unfortunately that seems to be where so many are today.  They have gone their own way. They do what they think will make them happy and bring them pleasure and they are so far from the truth because it will only bring destruction and pain.  That needs to break our hearts.  Satan is fighting for them and we need to be on our knees fighting for them.  Witchcraft is rampant, it’s not fun and games.  It is not make believe and neither is spiritual warfare.  Don’t be blinded by something you choose to not see!  If the thought of spiritual warfare makes you uncomfortable then pray for God to give you more confidence in Him and His Spirit that dwells within you if you are saved!  “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world!” 1 John 4:4  

Prayer is our greatest weapon, defense and offense because it brings God into the situation!  You’re not alone!  Pray for His strength, confidence and direction!  Realize that with Him you can make a difference!  Think about this; even if you were able to help one person escape hell how amazing is that?  What if someone else has that mindset and they are able to reach out to your loved one and they get saved!?  Ask God for one person to influence.  Ask for His words and His leading!  Don’t get in the way by trying to force situations, allow God to guide you and to open doors.  Pray for those you know need to accept Him and pray for God to bring people into their lives if that door hasn’t been open for you.  Be bold when He calls you to be bold and be gracious.  Pray for discernment.  If your heart is truly open to God’s leading He will guide you, He will open doors and He will give you the words to say!  There is hope ~ with God there is always hope!  Don’t give up on them ~ fight for them on your knees and ask God to prepare you for all He has for you to do!  His best is yet to come and we wouldn’t want anyone we know to miss it!

* C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia (New York, NY: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1982), 98