One thing I am noticing when I am praying is that I pray for non-believers to somehow find Jesus and God. Is it wrong to pray for them?<\/p>\n\t
Praying that nonbelievers might hear the gospel is a wonderful prayer. Paul offered similar prayers, “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved<\/em>” (Romans 10:1). And with that, we can pray for opportunities to help and the wisdom to recognize those opportunities. Note Paul’s request for prayers: “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints– and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak<\/em>” (Ephesians 6:18-20).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: One thing I am noticing when I am praying is that I pray for non-believers to somehow find Jesus and God. Is it wrong to pray for them? Answer: Praying that nonbelievers might hear the gospel is a wonderful prayer. Paul offered similar prayers, “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[1510],"class_list":["post-28624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-prayers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40090,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-failed-to-pray-last-night-because-i-fell-asleep-should-i-offer-two-prayers-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":28624,"position":0},"title":"I failed to pray last night because I fell asleep. 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