Who We Pray For and Why

Who We Pray For and Why
Exodus 17:8-16

Pastor Terry Wilcox

When asked, “What is more important: Prayer or Reading the Bible?”
I ask, “What is more important: Breathing in or Breathing out?”
– Charles Spurgeon

PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS

1.  Moses needed Joshua and Joshua needed Moses. Exodus 17:9-10
        Moses needed Aaron and Hur, and the soldiers needed Joshua.
        Exodus 17:15 – They all needed God.
2.  Five reasons to pray for leaders
        1. Their responsibility and accountability.
            James 3:1 
        2. They are targets of Satan’s temptations.
        3. They are often targets of spiritual forces.
        4. They have influence.
        5. They have higher visibility.

PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

        Job 42:8
        2 Kings 6:17
        Colossians 1:9-12

1. Prayer is a battleground
   In Ephesians 6:10-12, Paul instructs us to put on the armor of God, then says in Ephesians 6:18.
2. We are connected to one another
   Galatians 6:2
   Aaron and Hurr show us this.

PRAY FOR GOD TO BUILD HIS CHURCH

1. “God can as little do without us, as we without Him.” – Meiter Eckhart
   God works with people to accomplish His plans.
2. Pray before rather than later.
   Acts 12 contains the story of Peter being jailed by King Herod.
   Acts 12:13-17

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