How to Pray For Lost Loved Ones

Your lost loved ones cannot overcome the strongholds of darkness in their minds and hearts. They don’t even know they’re in darkness. But you can! You can pray to lift the veils of deception and blindness that Satan has over them so they can see the truth about Jesus and the Gospel. Here’s how to do that.

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2:12 What Can You Do For The Lost That They Can’t Do For Themselves?

3:51 You Have Authority in Prayer for Those You Love

4:37 How to Pray to Save Those You Love

6:12   1. Logismos – human philosophies, reasoning, mindsets

7:28  2. Hupsoma – all pride that rises up

8:05  3. Noema – thoughts, plans, schemes of the devil

 8:49 Activation: Specific Prayers For Your Lost Loved Ones

The explanation of the Greek words in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 is from Dutch Sheets’ book How to Pray for Lost Loved Ones, which I highly recommend. 

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What Can You Do For Lost Family & Friends That They Can’t Do For Themselves?

Romans 10:14  NLT

Your family and friends need to know about Jesus. But it’s not that simple – as you well know.

2 Cor 4:4 NLT

Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ...

Satan and our self-centered focus have twisted human thinking to the point that people hear or read God’s truth, but see it as gibberish - childish nonsense not worthy of their time or consideration 1 Corinthians 2:14 NIV 

Your prayers can open their eyes to the truth.

**You Have Authority In Prayer For Those You Love 2 Peter 3:9 NASB, 
1 John 5:14-15 NASB

**How to Pray to Save Those You Love

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (EXB)

4 We fight with weapons that are ·different from those the world uses [not merely human weapons; Lnot of the flesh]. Our weapons have power from God that can destroy ·the enemy’s strong places [Lstrongholds; fortresses]. We destroy ·people’s arguments [human reasoning; sophistries] 5 and every ·proud thing [pretension; exalted opinion; Lhigh thing] that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it obey Christ. 

 3 strongholds that need to be torn down in lost loved ones:

 1. Logismos – human philosophies, reasoning, mindsets

We destroy ·people’s arguments [human reasoning; sophistries] 2 Corinthians 10:4

 Logismos inclue philosophies such as: religions, materialism, humanism, roots of rejection, addictions, racism or anything that causes a person to think a certain way.

 Without realizing it, everything we hear or see is filtered through our belief system, our mindset, also called our worldview. The truth we hear can be limited or distorted by our belief system.

 2. Hupsoma – all pride that rises up

 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 EXB

We destroy ·… every ·proud thing [pretension; exalted opinion; Lhigh thing] that raises itself against the knowledge of God.

 This was the first sin. It was Adam and Eve’s desire to be on the same level as God. Many people live as their own god – doing what they want.

 3. Noema – thoughts, plans, schemes of the devil

 2 Corinthians 10: 5 (EXB)

We capture every thought and make it obey Christ.

 We can and should pray that God will protect those we love from Satan’s thoughts, temptations and schemes.

 Jesus’ mandate to Paul is our mandate to the ones we love: Acts 26:18 NIV