How Do I Pray For Missionaries?

As a missionary, we are blessed to have so many people lifting us up to the Father on a daily basis. I can remember as a small child hearing people say, "I pray for the missionaries and I say, 'God bless the missionaries!'" This morning in my quiet time, I listened to a sermon by Dr. David Platt called "Fasting That Changes The World". At the end of the sermon, he taught about how to pray for missionaries from the book of Acts. Living overseas, the Book of Acts has become so real in our lives and it really does describe and illustrate many joys and frustrations that we as missionaries face. Below is the outline from his sermon. I really encourage you to look at these passages, it is amazing how God has given us this in His Word. Never again can you say, "I don't know how to pray for missionaries!"

• Pray that they would be confident in God's Word. (Acts 13:4-6)
• Pray that they would be filled with God's Spirit. (Acts 13:7-9)
• Pray for their victory in spiritual warfare. (Acts 13:9-12)
• Pray for their success in gospel witness. (Acts 13:12)
• Pray for peace with other believers, in their homes, and marriages. (Acts 13:13)
• Pray for favor with unbelievers that they would be open to the gospel. (Acts 13:14-15)
• Pray that the gospel will be clear through them (Acts 13:16-48)
• The gospel revealed in Paul's sermon
• The character of God. (Acts 13:16-26)
• The sinfulness of man. (Acts 13:27)
• The sufficiency of Christ. (Acts 13:28-38)
• The necessity of faith. (Acts 13:39-47)
• The urgency of eternity. (Acts 13:48)
• Pray that God will open hearts around them. (Acts 13:48)
• Pray for their joy in the midst of suffering. (Acts 13:49-52)
• Pray for their kindness in the midst of slander. (Acts 14:1-2, Matthew 10:22)
• Pray for supernatural power to accompany them. (Acts 14:3)
• Pray for Christlike humility to characterize them. (Acts 14:4-18)
• Pray for their patience. (Acts 14:18)
• Pray for their perserverance (Acts 14:19-20)
• Pray that God would use them to make many disciples. (Acts 14:21-23)
• Pray that God would use them to multiply churches.
• Churches filled with people who know the Word of God. (Acts 14:22)
• Churches led by pastors who teach the Word of God. (Acts 14:23)

Thank you all for your love and prayers! Continue to remember those missionaries in secret locations. They need our prayers, although you may not know their names, God does!