PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE AND ACCEPTABLE SERVICE
Rom 15:30-32
Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me, that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, that I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may be refreshed together with you.
This is an example of praying for those who are trying to serve God in the midst of hostility - both from the world and from the saints.
Much of the world today is hostile to Christian's serving God. And given denominational differences or institutional eliteness, such hostility may even come from fellow Christians.
While such experiences are nothing new, and in fact should be expected whenever serving God, note that even Paul here doesn't rely on himself, nor on his own prayers concerning his personal experience of such hostility, but calls on other Christians to pray for him.
So when you're praying for fellow Christians involved in service in hostile environments, remember to pray these two things:
1. That they may be delivered from evil men.
2. That their service may be acceptable to the saints.