Moses and Samuel were quoted by the Psalmist and by Jeremiah as being mighty men of prayer.

So Samuel prayed, and on that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. Then all the people became afraid of the Lord and of Samuel, and they said to Samuel, “Please, sir, pray to the Lord your God for us, so that we won’t die. We now realize that, besides all our other sins, we have sinned by asking for a king. – 1 Samuel 12:18-19 GNT

And when you are a mighty person of prayer, people will ask you to pray for them. It would seem then that it would be appropriate to do so.

As for me, the Lord forbid that I should sin against him by no longer praying for you. Instead, I will teach you what is good and right for you to do. – 1 Samuel 12:23 GNT

Even as I reviewed Psalm 20 I realize just how valuable prayer for others are. Intercessory prayer will benefit not only the receipient but the one doing the praying. It would seem to be an offer more of comfort to the one being prayed for and an offer of grace by the one praying.

Can you imagine if I stopped praying for someone because they were sinners? I think the success of my ministry is because I have created a habit and practice of praying for all who the Holy Spirit brings to my attention.

Romans makes this very clear.

My friends, how I wish with all my heart that my own people might be saved! How I pray to God for them! – Romans 10:1 GNT

I am not sure if there is any kind of doctrine out there that excuses me from the need to pray for the salvation of those who do not follow Jesus.

I also believe that God does provide, through His Spirit, my willingness and ability to pray. In fact, is it not true that there is no one who can be saved unless they lift up their heart in prayer and ask for it?

Paul definitely felt the pain of knowing so many who did not know Jesus.

The Daily Office Lectionary (DoL) went through several layers of development during the five years of its existence in trial form. The final form as it appears in the Book of Common Prayer (2019) will look quite different to those who are accustomes to the 1979 DoL.

The differences in these particulars will make more sense if they can be seen in light of a great guiding light of Daily Office Lectionary revision, Thomas Cranmer’s preface to the Book of Common Prayer of 1549.

It is most noteworthy that in his preface to the whole prayer book, Cranmer concentrates chiefly on the Daily Office, and of his own revision of it, which had one singular aim, to restore the centrality of the plain listening to Scripture to the center of public prayer. – Anglican Compass