True Desire = Real Prayer

Romans 10:1 “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved”

Paul had a heart for the people of Israel. He had a heart for the lost, for the unsaved. It was not just a desire he had for them to be saved, but it was his prayer. We also ought to have a desire for the lost to be saved, and we need to put that desire into practice by praying for the lost unsaved people around us. There are many family members, friends, co-workers, so on, and so on who do not know the wonderful love of Christ. Later in that chapter Paul shows us how to be saved, he says, “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved, for with the heart one believes unto righteous, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (v.9-10). If Jesus Christ can save someone as lost as you, is it too hard for Him to save anyone at all? Keep desiring the lost to be saved, and keep praying for their salvation. There are so many lost souls at stake.