Main Passage: 1 Timothy 2:1-4

As we are on mission in the world it will not be the case that everyone we meet will immediately give their lives to the Lord.  We will face opposition.  But we must not lose heart!  The Lord calls for us to pray for the lost, just as He prayed for us before we were saved.  We must be consistent in praying for individual lost people, our city, culture, nation, and the world.  We se great examples of this in Simeon and Anna in the temple, Daniel in captivity, and Nehemiah in captivity.