101 Ways to Pray for the Spiritual Well-being of Your Missionaries

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Pray that they would…

  1. love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.
  2. present their body a living sacrifice acceptable to God.
  3. walk humbly with God.
  4. be an imitator of God.
  5. submit to God.
  6. humble themselves in the presence of the Lord.
  7. know Christ and the power of His resurrection.
  8. please Christ in all aspects.
  9. be rooted and firmly built up in Christ.
  10. abide in Christ.
  11. fix their eyes on Jesus.
  12. not grieve the Holy Spirit.
  13. live by faith.
  14. walk by the Spirit.
  15. walk in a manner worthy of their calling.
  16. walk no longer in the futility of the mind.
  17. lay aside the old self and put on a new self.
  18. evidence the fruit of the Spirit.
  19. walk in love.
  20. conduct themselves in a manner worthy of the gospel.
  21. pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
  22. be rooted and grounded in love.
  23. be transformed by the renewing of their mind.
  24. not think more highly of themselves than they ought to think.
  25. think on things that are pure, true, honorable, just, right, and praiseworthy.
  26. set their mind on things above.
  27. take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
  28. not be conformed to this world.
  29. abhor what is evil.
  30. not carry out the desire of the flesh.
  31. not allow any immorality, impurity, or greed to be named among them.
  32. put away all bitterness, wrath, anger, malice, and slander.
  33. not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness.
  34. consider themselves dead to immorality, impurity, and greed.
  35. resist the devil.
  36. not practice sin.
  37. not love the world or the things of the world.
  38. not give the devil a foothold nor opportunity in their life.
  39. do nothing from selfishness or conceit.
  40. put no confidence in the flesh.
  41. love their neighbor as they do themselves.
  42. be devoted to others in brotherly love.
  43. contribute to the needs of the saints.
  44. practice hospitality.
  45. bear others’ burdens.
  46. show patience and forbearance to others.
  47. be kind to others, tenderhearted and forgiving.
  48. teach and admonish others.
  49. share with those who have needs.
  50. regard others as more important than themselves.
  51. stimulate others to love and good works.
  52. bless those who persecute them.
  53. rejoice with those who rejoice.
  54. weep with those who weep.
  55. not envy others.
  56. be diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit.
  57. speak the truth in love.
  58. let no unwholesome word proceed out of their mouths.
  59. allow no filthiness or coarse jesting to come out of their mouths.
  60. lay aside falsehood and speak truth.
  61. do all things without grumbling and complaining.
  62. bridle their tongue.
  63. not complain.
  64. have the Word of Christ richly dwell in them.
  65. be doers of the Word.
  66. look into the Word.
  67. meditate on the Word day and night.
  68. hide God’s Word in their hearts.
  69. keep Christ’s commandments.
  70. live in harmony with their spouses.
  71. love their wives.
  72. submit to their husbands.
  73. raise children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
  74. speak the mystery of Christ as God opens the doors.
  75. be bold in their witness.
  76. conduct themselves in wisdom toward unbelievers.
  77. persevere in tribulation.
  78. always give thanks for all things.
  79. be anxious for nothing.
  80. consider it joy when they encounter trials.
  81. be content in whatever circumstances they are in.
  82. be devoted to prayer.
  83. have a spirit of wisdom.
  84. be strengthened in their inner person.
  85. expose the deeds of darkness.
  86. abound more and more in knowledge and discernment with love.
  87. evidence fruitful labor.
  88. rejoice in the Lord always.
  89. count all things to be loss compared to Christ.
  90. be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
  91. bear fruit in every good work and increase in the knowledge of God.
  92. be strengthened with all power.
  93. be overflowing with gratitude.
  94. put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, patience, and gentleness.
  95. have the peace of Christ rule in their hearts.
  96. do their work heartily as to the Lord.
  97. be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.
  98. put on the full armor of God.
  99. lay up for themselves treasure in Heaven.
  100. have the words of their mouth and the meditation of their heart acceptable to God.
  101. run with endurance the race set before them.

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