When and Why Not to Pray for Someone
Already, your mind is going in many directions as you attempt to determine what justifies as to not praying for someone, or if that is even biblical.
Well, first and foremost, it is biblical. But not left up to you nor I. Because we all know, if it were based solely on our discretion to pray or not to pray for someone, the majority would do so out of flesh and personal feelings or emotions. Jeremiah 17:9 tells us: “The heart is deceitful above all things, And [incurably sick] desperately wicked; Who can know it? Therefore, as well as you think you may know a person…you don’t. Given the right circumstances, all of us (leaving no one out - all means ALL) can and will do what no one could have ever imagined that person would do. So, do not think more highly of yourself than you ought, there are none that are so righteous that we are incapable of the unthinkable. And yet many do think of themselves as exceedingly better than others and have the audacity to judge another when it was not long ago you did the unthinkable and even went so far as to try to cover it up. So do not judge and be a hypocrite. We ALL were in need of our Saviour Jesus Christ to save us.
This is the part where Jesus reminded many by putting them in their proverbial “place”:
Matthew 7:5 - You hypocrite! First, take the wood out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your friend’s eye.
Luke 6:42 - How can you say to your friend, ‘Friend, let me take that little piece of dust out of your eye’ when you cannot see that big piece of wood in your own eye! You hypocrite! First, take the wood out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your friend’s eye.
But just to drive the point all the way into your soul, let’s look at that scripture again - but this time in The Message Bible translation, which uses very common modern conversational language:
Matthew 7:5
A Simple Guide for Behavior
7: 1-5 “Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults—unless, of course, you want the same treatment. That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, ‘Let me wash your face for you,’ when your own face is distorted by contempt? It’s this whole traveling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor.
Luke 6:42
41-42 “It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, ‘Let me wash your face for you,’ when your own face is distorted by contempt? It’s this I-know-better-than-you mentality again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your own part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor.
So…now, with that said, the Bible speaks of those we are not to pray for. If you see yourself in the following scriptures, all is not lost, repent! Repent means to cease, stop, and make an about-face and turn away from that which you do that is not pleasing to The Lord.
You falsely appear, pretend, allege, and profess to be a saint (that is the biblical term for Christian) but your sins are many.
(Jeremiah 14:7-12) 7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name’s sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You.
8 O the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, Why should You be like a stranger in the land, And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night? 9 Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one who cannot save? Yet You, O Lord, are in our midst,
And we are called by Your name; Do not leave us! 10 Thus says the Lord to this people: “Thus they have loved to wander; They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; He will remember their iniquity now, And punish their sins.”
11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for this people, for their good. 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
Those that you see committing sin which is unpardonable such as blasphemy (Matthew 12:31, Mark 3:29), or they are in sin which leads to eternal death (1 John 5:16) If anyone sees a brother or sister sinning (sin that does not lead to eternal death), that person should pray, and God will give the sinner life. I am talking about people whose sin does not lead to eternal death. There is sin that leads to death. I do not mean that a person should pray about that sin. You may be asking, “well…what will lead me to eternal death which is Hell? And the answer is found in Revelation 21:8 - But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Let’s amplify that scripture and look at it again in the Amplified Bible Translation: Revelation 21:8 - But as for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Be careful of the lies taught in churches which do not teach the entire scriptures as to oppress others (Jeremiah 7:1-16) This is the word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah: 2 “Stand at the gate of the Temple and preach this message there:
“‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of the nation of Judah! All you who come through these gates to worship the Lord, listen to this message! 3 This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: Change your lives and do what is right! Then I will let you live in this place. 4 Don’t trust the lies of people who say, “This is the Temple of the Lord. This is the Temple of the Lord. This is the Temple of the Lord!” 5 You must change your lives and do what is right. Be fair to each other. 6 You must not be hard on strangers, orphans, and widows. Don’t kill innocent people in this place! Don’t follow other gods, or they will ruin your lives. 7 If you do these things, I will let you live in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
8 “‘But look, you are trusting lies, which is useless. 9 Will you steal and murder and be guilty of adultery? Will you falsely accuse other people? Will you burn incense to the god Baal and follow other gods you have not known? 10 If you do that, do you think you can come before me and stand in this place where I have chosen to be worshiped? Do you think you can say, “We are safe!” when you do all these hateful things? 11 This place where I have chosen to be worshiped is nothing more to you than a hideout for robbers. I have been watching you, says the Lord.
12 “‘You people of Judah, go now to the town of Shiloh, where I first made a place to be worshiped. See what I did to it because of the evil things the people of Israel had done. 13 You people of Judah have done all these evil things too, says the Lord. I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen to me. I called you, but you did not answer. 14 So I will destroy the place where I have chosen to be worshiped in Jerusalem. You trust in that place, which I gave to you and your ancestors, but I will destroy it just as I destroyed Shiloh. 15 I will push you away from me just as I pushed away your relatives, the people of Israel!’
16 “As for you, Jeremiah [the prophet], don’t pray for these people. Don’t cry out for them or ask anything for them or beg me to help them, because I will not listen to you.
Woe unto them that the Bible is clear: DO NOT PRAY FOR THEM! You are wasting your time, He (The Lord) is not hearing your prayers on their behalf! Why? Because He created us with a free will to serve Him and to do what is right by our on free will and by our own choice, and yet those listed in the “do no pray for them scriptures” have chosen their way; they have chosen the path that leads to eternal damnation. And you aren’t aware of these scriptures nor being taught this because 1. you have not read nor studied the scriptures for yourself as the scriptures admonish us all to do, and 2. Because those of us that are TRUE Apostles and TRUE Prophets (clearly there are false ones). We HEAR from The Lord and aren’t afraid to teach, preach, proclaim, prophesy, and speak the Truth of scriptures for fear of “losing” members or losing the tithe and the offering. Truth be told, I and many True Apostles and True Prophets, don’t draw the tithes and offerings of those that benefit from our ministry, our prayers, and our teachings because many are disobedient to His having told them to tithe or sow where you grow, where you are spiritually taught, healed, and delivered. They prefer to continue attending their dead mega-church or religious church where they actually thought and believed that accepting Christ (Romans 10:9) was enough, and that was all that was required - and that simply is not scriptural. This is why you most likely saw yourself in the scriptures of the “do not pray for them”. And as for me personally, my obedience to The Lord and to my gifting and my calling is not predicated on anyone’s obedience or disobedience, that is a matter left to them and The Lord.
Beloved, may today be the day that you if you saw yourself in the scriptures as one that The Lord said do not pray for because He will not hear the prayers on your behalf, or you are one found in Revelation 21:8, you have now read the scriptures and you now know that there is a such thing as wasting your time praying for some people.
Blessed be the Name of The Lord.
In His Service,
Apostle & Prophetess Wendy Connor
© 2022 Wendy Connor
