Praying for salvation of souls

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Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R. talks about the significance of Our Lady of Fatima and the importance of praying for the salvation of souls. With Lauren Costabile, Dr. Peter Howard and Steve Eguino.

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Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R. talks about the significance of Our Lady of Fatima and the vision of hell.

He is joined by members of the Array of Hope team, Steve Eguino, Dr. Peter Howard and Lauren Costabile.

Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R. talks about the significance of Our Lady of Fatima and praying for the salvation of others.

With Lauren Costabile, Dr. Peter Howard and Steve Eguino.

Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R. talks about the significance of Our Lady of Fatima and how to approach the Rosary when we struggle with it.

With Lauren Costabile, Dr. Peter Howard and Steve Eguino.

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Father, hear our

prayers

for the

salvation

of the world. Grant Mercy to all souls that turned away from You. Open their hearts and minds with Your light.

Gather Your

children

from the east and the west, from the north and the south.

Have mercy O

God

on those who do not know You. Bring them out of darkness into Your light. You are our saving

God

Who leads us in our salvation. Protect us from evil.

Bless and praise You O Lord, hear our

prayers

and answer us. You, our Savior, are the

hope

of all the ends of the Earth and the distant seas. May Your way be known upon Earth; among all nations Your salvation.

We put the world in Your hands; fill us with Your love. Grant us peace through Christ, our Lord.

Amen

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A friend asked the question: How do I pray for unbelievers? How do I pray effectively? I trust that every Christian regularly prays for family or friends or colleagues or neighbors who do not yet know the Lord. And while we can and must pray for matters related to their lives and circumstances, the emphasis of our prayers must always be for their salvation. Here are some ways the Bible can guide our prayers.

Prayers for Salvation

We begin with prayers for salvation. Each of these prayers seeks the same thing, but in a different way or from a different angle or using different language. Each of them is grounded in a specific text of Scripture.

Pray that God would circumcise their hearts. Circumcision was the Old Testament sign of entering into God’s covenant, of being God’s people. To have a circumcised heart symbolizes having a heart that is fully joined to God, fully submissive to him. “And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live” (Deuteronomy 30:6).

Pray that God would give them a heart of flesh. The Bible contrasts a heart of flesh, a heart that is alive and responsive to God, to a heart of stone, a heart that is cold and unyielding. Pray that God would work within these unbelievers to change their hearts. “And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh…” (Ezekiel 11:19).

Pray that God would put his Spirit within them. The great joy of salvation is being indwelled by God himself. Pray that God would grant this honor to those unbelievers, that he would choose to take up residence within them. “And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules” (Ezekiel 36:27).

Pray that they would come to Christ. If unbelievers are to come to salvation, there is just one way. They must come through Christ and Christ alone. “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (John 14:6). Remember, too, that he is the one who calls them to come and to be relieved of the burden of their sin (see Matthew 11:28-30).

Pray that God would open their hearts to believe the gospel. Once more, God must initiate and people must respond. So pray that God would open the hearts of these unbelievers so they can in turn believe, just as Lydia did. “The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul” (Acts 16:14).

Pray that God would free them from the slavery of sin. Unbelievers may believe they are free, but they are in fact enslaved. They are slaves of sin, bound by their sin and sinfulness. Pray that God would liberate them by his gospel. “But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed” (Romans 6:17).

Pray that God would remove Satan’s blinding influence . Unbelievers have been blinded by Satan and will only ever be able to see and appreciate the gospel if God works within them. So pray that God would give them sight—spiritual sight. “In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God” (2 Corinthians 4:4).

Pray that God would grant them repentance. Unbelievers cannot repent without the enabling grace of God. So pray that God would grant them repentance, that this repentance would lead them to a knowledge of the truth. Pray as well that they would come to their senses and that they would escape from the devil’s snare. “God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will” (2 Timothy 2:25-26).

Prayers For You

You have prayed for unbelievers using different words and approaching from different angles. But you should also pray for yourself.

Pray that you will develop relationship with them. For people to be saved they must first hear the good news of the gospel. For them to hear the good news of the gospel, they must first encounter Christians—Christians like you. Pray that you would develop deeper, more significant relationship with them so you can, in turn, speak truth. “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?” (Romans 10:14).

Pray for opportunities to minister to them. Many people come to faith after seeing Christ’s loved displayed through the ministry of Christians. Pray for opportunities to minister to unbelievers so that your ministry can have an evangelistic effect. “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).

Pray for them faithfully and persistently. Our temptation is to grow discouraged in prayer, to pray for a while and, when we see no visible results, to give up. But God calls us to persevere in prayer. “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving” (Colossians 4:2). (See also the parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18:1-8.)

Pray for a burden to plead for their souls. Paul was willing to tell the church at Rome of his great longing to see the salvation of the lost. Do you share this deep longing? Pray that God would give you a great burden for souls. “Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved” (Romans 10:1).

Pray for boldness in generating and taking opportunities to speak the gospel. Even Paul longed for this boldness and for the confidence that he was speaking the right and best words. Pray that God would give you the boldness and, that when you take the opportunities, that he would then guide your words. “ also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel…” (Ephesians 6:19).

Pray for other believers to encounter them. God almost always uses a succession of people to share the gospel with people before they are saved. Pray, then, that God would lead other Christians into the lives of the unbelievers you love, that they too would provide an example of Christian living and that they too would speak the gospel. “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth” (1 Corinthians 3:6).

Other Prayers

Here are a few more biblical emphases to guide your prayers.

Pray that God would use any circumstance to do his work in them. We pray to a God who is sovereign and who sovereignly works his good will. Often he saves people through difficult circumstances, through bringing them to the very end of themselves. Pray, then, that God would arrange circumstances, whether easy or difficult, to lead them to salvation. “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word” (Psalm 119:67). As you pray for the unbelievers you love, always pray to God: “your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10).

Pray that God would extend his mercy to them. God assures us that he wishes for all people to turn to him in repentance and faith. He receives no joy from seeing people perish. Pray, then, that God would be glorified in the salvation of these people. “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).

Pray with confidence. Finally, pray with confidence. God expects we will pray, God invites us to pray, God commands us to pray. Why? Because God loves to hear us pray and God loves to respond to our prayers. So as you pray for unbelievers, pray with confidence that God hears your prayers. “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working” (James 5:16).

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Asking for Salvation of the Soul

When someone is dying or just dead, one must organise ceremonies for praying to the Divine Master before chanting for the dead or dying, whether or not it is close to daily prayer times. Only after this ceremony is completed, whilst remaining calm and of pure heart praying to the Divine Master, can one then chant the Kinh Cầu Hồn (prayers for instructing the dying soul) for the believer.
The ceremony leader comes takes a place at the head of the dying or dead person. If a choir group of teenage girls (boys) can be assembled, they should form lines either side of the body from the leader on.

History

The leader of the ceremony stands directly in front of the head of the dying or dead person and, with serious concentration, calls to the dying or dead person, “I follow the order of the Supreme Being to come and pray for you my co-believer (note: when praying for dignitaries one should call the holy name or “elder brother”/”elder sister”). Be light of soul and rise towards the paradise of extreme joy. Contemplate and listen and pray to the Supreme Being to bless you.”
The Prayers for guiding the dying person (at the point of death) / Kinh Cầu-Hồn Khi Hấp-Hối is then chanted three times. When the chanting is complete, one must bow and recite the name of the Divine Master three times.
If the dying person has just taken their last breath, the Prayers for the dead / Kinh Khi Đã Chết Rồi is chanted three times.

The Prayer

Đầu vọng bái Tây-PhÆ°Æ¡ng Phật-Tổ. 
A-Di-Đà Phật Ä‘á»™ chúng dân
. . . . .

(After this, the prayer Kinh Khi Đã Chết Rồi / Prayers for the Dead is chanted �)

Ba mÆ°Æ¡i sáu cõi Thiên-Tào,
Nhập trong Bát-Quái má»›i vào Ngọc-HÆ°,

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