Jeremy Lin Prays for Fans in 7-Part Message Asking God for Healing; Hornets Point Guard Opens by Reading Bible
After months of soliciting prayers from his fans, Charlotte Hornets point guard Jeremy Lin is sharing just some of the prayer requests he's received from fans so they can start praying for each other.
In an email titled, Jeremy's Prayer Requests 12, the 27 year old thanked his digital prayer group for submitting their prayers before inviting people to pray for one another.
"The JLIN team has been meeting to pray for your prayer requests and we wanted to invite you all to join us in praying," Lin's email reads.
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"Thank you for sharing and remember to: 'Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus,'" Philippians 4:4-7.
While the very end of the email includes over 100 prayer requests submitted by members who signed on to Lin's group, he condensed those prayers into seven categories. The first category Lin chose to focus on is healing.
"I pray for those of your friends and family that are sick, suffering, and in need of healing right now. God please release your healing power over their bodies as you are the sovereign Lord," Lin's email states.
"We fully entrust their lives into your hands, please move through the power of your Holy Spirit. Also bring peace and rest to their hearts and to the hearts of those around them. Bring wisdom to their doctors and caretakers."
Lin went on to share a prayer for families with strained relationships.
"I pray for families that have broken relationships and for relationships between family members that are in need of restoration. Father, drive away any bitterness between children and parents or between other family members, and teach them to love each other unconditionally as you love us," he said.
"I pray that children would be obedient and honor and love their parents. Father, we also lift up friendships to you — that you would surround us with people that we can impact and support. I pray that we would genuinely care for our friends, and not look only to our own interests but to those around us as well. That we would love our neighbors and pray for those in need, and care for our community as well."
The next prayer that Lin focused on is personal devotion.
"Father, I pray that we devote time to meet with you each day and that we would prioritize our relationship with you over anything else. Help us remain focused on the eternal and not get lost in the things that the world offers," he wrote. "I pray that we would live by faith and not lean on our own understanding, but be committed to becoming disciples of Christ. Instill a sensitivity to the leading of the Holy Spirit in us, that we would go to you as our sole source of joy and fulfillment."
He moved on to salvation, asking that lost souls set their eyes and ears on the grace of Jesus Christ. He also focused on praying for Asia in his prayer of salvation, petitioning for salvation to "rapidly transform lives there and people are allowed to worship and learn about You freely."
Next, Lin focused on praying for churches and missionaries that they would be the salt and light of the world. He also asked that missionaries would be safe, healthy and live in joy serving the Lord away from their home.
"Father, I pray that all churches on Earth will help teach their congregation to live lives that are transformed by the renewing of our minds. Then we will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will," he wrote before moving on to missionaries. "Give them safety, health, strength and the ability to adapt easily into their host culture. Please protect them from evil and give them peace and joy as they serve away from home."
After moving on to pray for provision in school, finances and work, Lin thanked God for being a provider.
"I lift up those that are going through stress at school, career struggles, and financial difficulties. We know that you know best what we need and will provide for us at the right time," Lin wrote."Please provide discernment and purpose for those that are lost in their careers or searching for the right path. Help us all to trust in you and to know that you are a good God and that our futures are safe in your hands."
The NBA player decided to close his prayer by focusing on supplication for global issues taking place in the world. He thanked God for being compassionate to those who are suffering before praying for Syria and Asia and those who are afraid to turn to the Lord for comfort.
"We especially want to lift up to you the Syrian refugees that have been through so much trauma. We pray for compassion and healing on them and for peace in the region," he wrote. "We pray that you would give our world leaders wisdom in dealing with the refugee crisis and for encouragement and strength to those that are working to help the refugees. We also want to pray for the dengue fever outbreak in Taiwan and throughout Asia. We pray that the epidemic would be contained quickly and that people would be healed."
Last year, Lin introduced the digital prayer group to fans who receive his prayer requests in an email format every couple of months. Lin said he decided to start his prayer group after a number of his supporters inquired about ways they could intercede on his behalf.
"The journey I've been on has had its ups and downs and I appreciate all of your support throughout. Some of you have asked how to pray for me so I decided to start a prayer group where I can send out requests for those that want to pray and support," Lin wrote on his website last year.
"Please feel free to share with others you think would be interested. So much of what happens is out of our control, but prayer has been a place I have consistently found peace with God."
To join Lin's prayer group, visit his website www.jlin7.com.
