Hell is real. It is not imaginary. Hell is forever. We don’t talk about Hell that much anymore, but Jesus did. He gave an illustrated sermon using the Valley of Gehenna-a dark valley outside of Jerusalem where trash was burned continually.
Once we are born again, we tend to think less and less about Hell—thankful that it is no longer our destination. Jesus came to redeem us from the punishment that our sins earned
us—eternity in Hell. But multitudes remain in the valley of decision (Joel 3:14). They are lost. They are far from God and heading for eternity in Hell.
Today as we fast and pray, remember why we are to preach the Gospel and testify. People are perishing. If people don’t know Jesus Christ, they are facing the horrors of Hell.
Fasting enables us to target the lost in prayer. Who are you praying for that needs to be saved? Make a list of those people today, and cry out to God on their behalf. Ask Him to convict them of sin, causing them to understand their need of forgiveness. Ask Him to
pluck them out of the fire. Don’t be discouraged. Keep believing God for their salvation.
Father, in the name of Jesus, today as we’re fasting, we pray for souls on their way to eternal damnation. We pray that the presence and the power and the blood of Jesus Christ encounter their lives in a mighty way today.
I agree in Jesus’ Mighty Name—along with thousands of others who are praying and fasting today—for the lost loved ones in our lives. May this be the year, Lord, that the miracle of salvation and redemption from eternal judgment takes place in the lives of my loved ones, so that their names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Please continue to pray for this ministry as we do all that God calls us to do in order to preach the Gospel and reach the lost.