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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
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Since God doesn’t save anyone
against their will, does it really do any good to pray for people who
consciously refuse to receive Jesus as Lord?
Yes. Yes! Yes! It does!
You
see, in spite of the fact that most all unbelievers who have purposely
refused to receive Jesus as Lord think they’ve made that decision of
their own free will, the truth is, they haven’t. The Word of God says
they’ve been blinded by Satan. He’s blocking their perception of the
truth. So their decision hasn’t been freely made at all.
That’s important for you to grasp. Because through the prayer of intercession, you can interfere
with the satanic forces and help take those blinders off! You can also
change circumstances with your prayers and help create situations that
will bring them in contact with the Lord. You’re well within your
spiritual rights when you do that.
I prayed with a friend of mine
once who’d been praying for his lost brother for years. Jesus said in
Matthew 12:29 to first bind the strong man and then enter his house and
spoil his goods. So we said, “You spirit blinding the eyes of
__________, you stop what you are doing to keep him out of the kingdom
of God. In Jesus’ Name, you stop now!”
Jesus also said in
Matthew 9:38, “Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will
send forth labourers into his harvest.” So we prayed, “Lord, send
someone to ______________ with the Word of God. You know who he will
listen to. We claim __________________ for the kingdom of God. We
believe we receive his salvation and deliverance. In faith we praise You
for it.”
In almost no time at all his brother called him. “What
have you been doing up there?” he asked. “In the past few days, everyone
I’ve come across has started preaching to me!”
Our prayers had
interfered with the forces Satan had been using to blind this man to
Jesus and created the circumstances to bring him into the kingdom. Sure
enough, within a few days, he was born again.
Use this same prayer for your loved ones and believe when you pray and you’ll see the same results.
Don’t sit by and let the devil take your friends and loved ones without a fight. Pray. Pray! Pray! Come against the “god of this world.” Take off the blinders and open their eyes to the glorious gospel of God.
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