Prayer for all men
1 Timothy 2:1-2 (NKJV) Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.
As Christians, while we can walk in the Spirit to ensure that there will be peace and quietness in the home, we also need to pray for the district, the city and the country. Our prayer life should not just be centred around our personal needs or the needs of our family. Instead, we should sow in prayers for the city and take time to prayer walk or drive.
We can all start by prayer-walking in our neighbourhood when we go for our morning or evening strolls. We can pray that God will redeem places of social activities or gatherings, for the Word of God to be the subject of conversations, and for uplifting and encouraging conversations to be held.
As prayer walking is praying with insight while onsite, we will gain spiritual insight and observe places where ungodly activities like drugs and alcoholism might take place. We can pray for people to honour God in speech and behaviour, and that God will transform these places into gatherings of the saints, and that every pre-believer coming to these places will proclaim the name of Jesus and be saved.
We can pray for God to intervene in each home so that spiritual awakenings and supernatural encounters will take place, for people to have a positive dissatisfaction in their hearts that will give them a desire to know God, for whole families to come to know God, and that homes will be places of worshipping the true and living God.
We can also intercede for places of economic activities when we walk through the financial centre of the city. We can pray against the stronghold of the love of money, for people to love their fellow beings above money. We can pray that God will redeem the society and social justice will prevail, the rich will no longer oppress the poor, and for people, especially Christians, to see that God is Jehovah Jireh – our provider of all that we need. We should also pray for people to have a healthy work life balance, for the marketplace believers to be good Christian witnesses and be bold in sharing the Gospel, and for Christian fellowships to be established in the offices.
Prayer changes things. Although we may not see immediate turnarounds, we can take heart that something has already happened in the spiritual realm the moment that we prayed, and it may take time to be manifested in the natural realm. There is tremendous power in the prayer of a righteous person.
Sermon Series: A Quiet and Peaceable Life
扩大你的祷告范围
为所有人祷告
提摩太前书 2:1-2我劝你第一要为万人恳求祷告，代求，祝谢。 为君王和一切在位的也该如此。使我们可以敬虔端正，平安无事的度日。
作为一名基督徒，虽然我们能行在圣灵里，确保家里和平与安稳，我们也要为地区、城市和国家祷告。我们应该为这个城市播下祷告的种子，并花时间做行军祷告或绕行开车祷告。
当我们在早上或晚上散步时，可以以在街区作步行祷告为开端。我们可以祈求神赎回社交活动或聚会的场所，祷告让神的话语成为谈话的主题，并祷告人与人之间有令人振奋，激励人心的交谈。
由于行军祷告是有当场作具洞察力的祷告，因此我们将获得属灵的洞察力并观察到某些地方可能发生毒品和酗酒等不敬虔的活动。我们可以祷告人们在言语和行为上尊崇神，祈求神会将这些地方转变为圣徒的聚会之所，让每一个来到这些地方的未信者都宣告耶稣的名而得救。
我们可以祈求神介入每一个家庭，使灵性觉醒和超自然的相遇发生，让人心中有积极的不满，产生认识神的渴望，祷告全家都认识神，家将成为敬拜又真又活的上帝的地方。
当我们步行穿过城市的金融中心时，我们也可以为经济活动的场所代祷。我们可以祷告拆毁贪财的营垒，祷告人们爱自己的同胞胜过金钱。我们可以祈求神救赎社会，社会正义将占上风，富人不再压迫穷人，让人们，尤其是基督徒，看到上帝是耶和华以勒——我们一切所需的供应者。我们也应该祷告人们有一个健康的工作生活平衡，祷告职场信徒成为美好的基督徒见证人并勇敢地分享福音，并祷告在办公室建立基督徒团契。
祷告会带来转变。即使我们可能不会看到立即的转变，但仍可以放心且相信，在我们祈祷的那一刻，灵界的改变已经在发生，只是需要一段时间才能在自然界显现出来。义人的祈祷有巨大的功效。
讲章系列：安静和平的生活