Every Muslim is unique and wonderful in God’s eyes and we should be careful not to generalise or presume that all Muslims are the same. Still, there are some issues regarding praying for Muslims to help us pray more effectively.
Praying for Muslims: With Love and Compassion
Every Muslim is someone whom God loves. Some Christians do not pray for Muslims because of prejudices or fears. Let us pray by asking God to give us a heart filled with love and compassion towards Muslims. We also need to pray in faith and confidence that God will hear us and will move powerfully in answer to our prayers of love and compassion. (John 14: 12-14)
Praying for Muslims: God’s Character
Muslims believe in the uniqueness of an all powerful and supreme Allah. Similar to Christians and Jews, Muslims believe that Allah is creative and eternal. Muslims also believe that Allah is unknowable and that it is impossible to ever really know him or have a relationship with him as a personal saviour. According to Islam, Allah holds himself apart from mankind. When praying for Muslims, pray that they will have a full revelation of the true God and His loving character. (Hebrews 8:8-9)
Praying for Muslims: Against Fear
The Muslim worldview is strongly influenced by an awareness of the supernatural and the presence of good and evil spirits known as jinn. Jinn are greatly feared and are often thought to be responsible for illnesses and misfortune. Superstitions control many aspects of a Muslim’s everyday life and often result in them living in constant fear. This fear reveals a heart cry and desperate need that can only be met in the person and authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Pray against the fear that influences many Muslims. (1 John 4:18)
Praying for Muslims: The Relationship with God
Galatians 4:22-25 tells us that Ishmael was born as a result of works resulting in slavery. Islam means submission and a Muslim understands that he is a servant of Allah. While this is also a Biblical aspect of our relationship with God, it is incomplete. As Christians, through Jesus, we know that we move from being servants to becoming sons and daughters. Pray that Muslims will also understand that God desires for everyone to know Him as children and not as slaves. (Galatians 4:7) (Matthew 18:3)
Praying for Muslims: Assurance of Salvation
Islam teaches that a person must do enough good deeds to outweigh the bad deeds in order to make it to paradise. Even then, there is no guarantee for a Muslim of salvation. As a result of this belief, it is difficult for many Muslims to fully understand the basis of forgiveness of sins. It is also difficult for Muslims to understand repentance. When we pray for Muslim’s to get saved, we are really praying that they will be convicted of sin and know true repentance. We are also praying that they would experience God’s total forgiveness and thus be able to forgive others. And, we are also praying that they would know the assurance of salvation through Jesus, something Islam can never offer them. (Ephesians 2:8-9.) (1 Peter 5:6) (Matthew 6:14-15)
Praying for Muslims: The Work of the Holy Spirit
Never underestimate the work of the Holy Spirit as you pray for Muslims. Allow God to teach you how to pray and to share His heart with you concerning them. Vast numbers of Muslims have come to Christ as a result of supernatural encounters. Many have dreams and visions of Jesus. It is only God who can open blind eyes and soften hearts. Only God can bring true conviction of sin and create new life. (Romans 8:26) (John 16:8)
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pray for yourselves people! muslims need to pray that you all get guidance someday and stop worshipping a Prophet and turn instead to your creator.
The Religion of Christianity and Islam are beautiful. Both teaches you to respect others beliefs and religion. It’s people like yourselves that interpret your own religion and make others look bad. The creators of these text.. “pray for muslims” are IGnorant. This only causes more hatred amongst each other.. NEver what Jesus nor Mohammed wanted to start. It’s unfortunate that this happens. I have studied the Bible and the Quran, and all these scripts that you write about the Quran are so FAR off.. and you know this… why ?? why do this to yourselves and others. Are you people creating a Cult? Anyway, Religion is FAITH. We can have Imams and Priest go against each other all day, all year.. and NO one can prove each other wrong. For anyone against any religion or think any relgion is incorrect.. First I urge you to teach yourself the relgion before making comments. After you’ve thought yourselve — you can choose what you THink is right and what is wrong, don’t make decisions based on baised claims. I hear this similar crap from both ends.. Christians and mulims alike. STOP THE HATRED PEOPLE.. Pray for all mankind, don’t matter of the religion, pray that God forgives us all and have mercy on our souls, pray that we all can live as one mankind and stop the HATE.
John 3:16-17 ” For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
The WORLD does not refer to Christians only, but includes Moslems and Jews and everyone else.
“The Muslim worldview is strongly influenced by an awareness of the supernatural and the presence of good and evil spirits known as jinn. Jinn are greatly feared and are often thought to be responsible for illnesses and misfortune. Superstitions control many aspects of a Muslim’s everyday life and often result in them living in constant fear. This fear reveals a heart cry and desperate need that can only be met in the person and authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Pray against the fear that influences many Muslims”
Wait a minute! Any practicing Muslim fears God alone and we are very well aware of how to protect ourselves from any jinn, or to be more precise, satans. Its worth to mention that Jinn are a creation of God and not all of them are evil! There are good and bad among them, the chirstian and muslim amongst them. The evil ones are sheytans, or satans. But there are satans amongst the humans too. We do not live in constant fear, this is so untrue and naive! And if we are fearing anything in this life or the next – we have the best solution, which is asking Allah for protection! Allah hears all prayers of his slaves. He told us in the Quran that He is closer to us than our own jugular veins! If anything is meant to befall on us – this is by God’s will and we will never be able to avoid it if He wills so. If He does not will something to befall on us, it will never happen and He is the Best of Protectors!!!! Ameen