If you’re like me and you’ve always prayed for God to postpone judgment and prolong mercy, you may be wondering exactly how we should pray in times like these.

First and foremost, of course, we should pray being led of the Holy Spirit. As we do, He will lead us to pray for God to show Himself as God to the nations and thrust out laborers into the harvest. He will lead us to pray for kings and those in authority to submit to the will of God so that the Gospel can be preached in the darkest corners of the earth and people of every nation, tongue, and tribe can be saved.

But most important of all is simply the fact that He will lead us to pray!

Repeatedly in the New Testament, we are told that prayer is vital in these crucial and dangerous end-time hours. Again and again, we are admonished to “watch and pray.” That’s why I felt it was important for me to remind you of the prophetic events that are unfolding around us. They are the kinds of things we must be watching, and these are the days we must be praying. We must watch the fulfillment of prophecy as it appears on the horizon because it keeps us spiritually alert.

We must pray because even though the rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalem is near at hand, until it is finished and the rapture takes place, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is the only temple of God in the earth. You and I are His dwelling places. We are the earthly seat of His authority and the center of His spiritual activity.

We are the ones preparing the way for the judgment of the nations and the removing of the veil from the eyes of those who have been blinded to the Gospel. We are the ones preparing the way of the Lord.

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 26:1 – 12