In A Call to Spiritual Reformation (p. 94), D.A. Carson sums up chapter five ("A Passion for People") by concluding that 1 Thessalonians 3:13 is the most fundamental way to pray for people:
When we pray for people, we must do so knowing that these people, and we ourselves, are inevitably moving toward the last day. When we pray with eternity's values in view, we are driven to pray for people, because people like you and me are the ones who must give account to God on the last day.
From that perspective, there is no prayer we can pray for others more fundamental than this: that God might strengthen their hearts so that they will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father on the last day.
