Last week we directed your attention to the first half of verse 1 of chapter 10 of Romans

and today I want to look at the second half.

Last week it was my heart's desire is that they might be saved and today I want to talk

about my prayer to God is that they might be saved. The first question we need to ask is

who's they? Who is the they that he's praying for? And I think all of you could answer that very easily. It's Israel. It's his kinsman

according to the flesh. You can see that coming out of verses 30 to 31 of the preceding chapter and you can see it in verse 2 of this chapter where

he says they have a zeal for God but it is not according to knowledge that's that's Israel.

So the question we want to ask here in this message is

what do we learn about praying?

What do we learn from Paul's praying for Israel?

And I want to mention three things that I learn

and that I think apply very directly to us.

Number one, Paul's prayer for Israel is a global prayer. Two,

Paul's prayer is an individual prayer.

Three, Paul's prayer is a prayer for the effectual working of God's saving grace.

Now let's take those one at a time and I'll try to show you what I mean and where I get it.

It is a global prayer. To see how this prayer is a global prayer you have to

understand how Israel fits in to the global purposes of God in redemption.

And to see that, let's go to chapter 11,

versus 25 and 26.

Romans 11, 25 and 26. Here he's talking to the Gentiles to whom he's writing and he says,

lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren.

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