“Pray Without Ceasing-Part 3 (Prayer for rich kids who feel no need for the gospel “
Friday, March 7, 2025Key Verse
“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.” Revelation 3:17
Text — Revelation 3:14-18
Message
There are boys and girls out there who have all their desires and needs in abundance and as such do not appear to lack anything. They derive happiness in things their parents have acquired and accumulated ranging from toys, clothes, shoes, i-phones, good food, lovely houses, cars, luxurious vacations and lots of comfort that money can afford. As such, quite a number of them see the Gospel of the Lord Jesus as unnecessary.
However, there is an emptiness in their lives that only Jesus can fill. That is why, in spite of the wealth and influence around them, quite a number of them still feel empty. If you have been saved, pray for the salvation of others. It is only in Jesus that you have joy and lasting peace in addition to numerous other blessings. Whilst having riches is not bad in itself, putting one’s hope and trust in it alone without Christ is vanity.
Pray that: (i) God will touch the hearts of those children who put all their hopes and dreams on riches to yearn for Christ. (ii) that such children will realise that they can do nothing without God.
(iii) God will deliver them from pride, over confidence and self-sufficiency.
(iv) these categories of children will realise that their souls are more precious than the whole world.
Further Reading
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Prayer for today
Oh Lord, let your mercy reach out to convince the rich of their need of salvation.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
