{"id":637,"date":"2025-09-04T00:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=637"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:33:29","slug":"september-4-ask-seek-knock-prayer-for-lost-souls-to-come-to-know-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-4-ask-seek-knock-prayer-for-lost-souls-to-come-to-know-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"SEPTEMBER 4\u2014ASK-SEEK-KNOCK\u2014 Prayer for Lost Souls to Come to Know Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die,<\/em> Proverbs 31:8<\/p>\n

If someone is appointed to die, he has no voice. His sentence is given and will be carried out.–unless–someone comes and speaks for him to plead his case.<\/p>\n

The un-saved are spiritually dead, and at their appointed time they will physically die in their sins unless someone speaks (prays, intercedes) for them.<\/p>\n

God is “not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”<\/em>\u00a0 2 Peter 3:9<\/p>\n

Therefore, we believers need to pray for those who need to be saved.<\/p>\n

We need to pray that their minds and eyes will be opened to the truth so that they will be given the chance to choose between life and death.<\/p>\n

We need to pray that they will come to know Jesus who will set them free from sin and death before it is too late.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s pray this Proverbs 31:8 Prayer daily and personalize it for our loved ones, friends, neighbors, or anyone we know who is un-saved, and let\u2019s see what God does.<\/p>\n

Dear Lord,<\/p>\n

I pray for (insert name) who needs to be saved.<\/p>\n

I pray that (insert name) mind and eyes will be opened to the truth.<\/p>\n

I pray that (insert name) will be given the chance to choose between life and death.<\/p>\n

I pray that Jesus will come into (insert name) life to set (insert name) free before it is too late.<\/p>\n

\u00a92023 SGLY Ministry\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die, Proverbs 31:8 If someone is appointed to die, he has no voice. His sentence is given and will be carried out.–unless–someone comes and speaks for him to plead his case. 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