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Thanksgiving and petition for the unsaved

Sunday 1 February 2026

John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Ephesians 2:12 “…remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.”

Luke 15:10 “Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Psalm 103:8 “The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.”

Acts 26:18 “I am sending you, to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me” 

Romans 10:1 “Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation” 

1 Timothy 2:1-4 “First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” 

Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” 

II Corinthians 4:4 “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God” 

Matthew 9:37-38 “Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest’” 

2 Corinthians 10:4 “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.”

Romans 8:26  “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.”

Luke 6:27 “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you”

Luke 6:28 “Bless those who curse you.”

1 Peter 4:7 “The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray” 

Isaiah 53:4-6 “But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all.”

Romans 8:38-39 “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

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