A few years ago the Archbishop of Canterbury (England) put out a Global call to all Anglican's and Episcopalians to pray for the unsaved, for a week; 24 hours a day of prayer for 7 days in every church in the Anglican Communion running from Ascension to Pentecost.

This initiative was called “Thy Kingdom Come”. The suggestion that each person prays for 5 family members, friends, colleagues. Intercessors (those with the gift of prayer, called by the Spirit to pray for others) signed up for the rosters each one taking an hour or two so that someone was praying every hour, 24 hours a day, of that week.

I can't issue the call to the Church that the Archbishop of Canterbury did, but it was a great idea, so today while we may not be praying for 24 hours, we are praying for the unsaved. While we need to pray every day and that's what this website is all about, a reminder to pray for the unsaved is a good thing.

Jesus always goes before us to guide the way and the first year I did this, I discovered indeed, one who has shone a light for us on this path. Tim Challies is an author, pastor and elder at Grace Fellowship Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he is also a blogger and has produced a Biblical based guide for praying for the unsaved. Most of what I will share with you in our pages today, comes from his guide. He introduces it with this:

A friend asked the question: How do I pray for unbelievers? How do I pray effectively? I trust that every Christian regularly prays for family or friends or colleagues or neighbours who do not yet know the Lord. And while we can and must pray for matters related to their lives and circumstances, the emphasis of our prayers must always be for their salvation. Here are some ways the Bible can guide our prayers.

I have changed the Bible quotes to one of our usual versions – for consistency and understanding. I also devoted our first page Breakfast (Lauds) to praying for yourself in preparation. So our prayer pages today are a bit different.

Before you begin list your 5 people, and any details you feel necessary. Stick it on the wall in your personal prayer place or on your desktop and tick each one off as God answers them. You can always come back to these pages, until the end of the month or copy/download and keep. Add to the bottom of the list your answer to the question at the bottom of Breakfast (Lauds). My prayer is that each and everyone of us will soon have a great testimony of answered prayers.