April 17, 2003

People Group Focus

Prayer Points

Mission Projects

Go Show

Bible Study

 
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Welcome to the April 2003 edition of thE-TASK!

This month, we wanted to focus on a country that's been the focus of national attention, Iraq.  Amidst the battles and bombs are people groups that do not know Jesus - many of whom have little or no access to ever hearing about peace with God through Jesus.


People Group Info - Iraqi Peoples

The nation of Iraq is a land of stark contrasts, with the fertile plains of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, high mountains, and desert. This historic region was the site of the ancient Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian empires.   Iraq has an agonizing history caused by great religious and ethnic diversity. Following a violent revolution in 1958, Iraq became a dictatorship. Except for the Assyrian and Armenian minorities, all peoples of Iraq are unreached. There is no known direct witness to the Shi'a Arabs of the south; The Marsh Arabs, with their distinctive culture; the Bedouin, Turkmen, Farsi, or Gypsies.   Read more about Iraqi peoples.

photos of Iraqi peoples

interactive map of Iraq

Read how Baptists are currently ministering to Iraqi refugees.

 

Prayer Points

  • Pray that the doors of Iraq will be open to Christian workers.
  • Ask the Lord to call people who are willing to go to Iraq and share Christ with the Iraqi people.
  • Pray that prayer teams will be called to go and to break up the soil through worship and intercession.
  • Ask God to use the existing Iraqi believers to share the Gospel with their own people.
  • Ask the Holy Spirit to soften their hearts towards Christians so that they will be receptive to the Gospel.

Iraqi PrayerListen to a prayer in Arabic from an Iraqi believer.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Lord, thank you from all my heart.

Lord, you are truly the King of our hearts.

Thank you, Lord, for you are the one who gives us security.

Lord, you are with us when problems are all around us, you are personally with us.

Lord, whenever there are problems all around us, you give us security.

Lord, in dangerous times you are with every father, mother and child.

Lord, bring peace to their hearts. Not only to them but you bring them real peace inside them, this peace from you, Jesus.

We pray, Lord, that you will be with all the people there in this difficult time. You are true to yourself.

Lord, bless and take care of your children.

Lord, everything is in your control and in your power.

We ask in the name of Jesus that you be with all people who are there.

Lord, be with your children as they know and make your Word known to others, that You are the only one who is alive.

We ask this in name Jesus, Amen.


Mission Projects - Urgent Needs!

Youth  

Job #

Place

Dates

Description

Cost

 63208

Russian Federation

6/15/03-8/15/03

Youth on Mission

(Youth Choir Evangelism)

$600 + airfare

 64236

Japan

7/13/03-7/20/03

Youth on Mission

(Vacation Bible School

Team)

$184 + airfare

 64871

Paris

8/29/03-9/8/03

Youth on Mission

(Bible Distribution)

$500 + airfare

More youth mission projects

 

College/Seminary

Job #

Place

Dates

Description

Cost

64080

Burkina Faso

6/9/03-8/2/03

Village Evangelizer/Discipler

(Community Outreach)

$520 + airfare

61445

Scotland

6/14/03-8/9/03

SMARTeam (Alba Team 3)

(Cultural Exchange)

$3648 + airfare

60125

Thailand

6/21/03-7/28/03

Prayer Explorers

(Prayerwalking)

$136 + airfare

More college/seminary projects


GO Show! 2 months left!

Mercy Me and Audio Adrenaline team up to rock the nations. Put worship into motion and go tell the nations of God's love. Hear it LIVE at their spring concerts in April & May, 2003 Concert dates and locations at www.thegoshow.org

GO Foundation

              Take the GO Challenge!


Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Should it keep you off the mission field?

Read updates from an American medical doctor living in Hong Kong and a news release from the Hong Kong Medical Association.

More SARS information from the US Center for Disease Control


Internet Accountability

Sexual addiction, especially the use of pornography, is an issue that keeps an increasing number of students out of commission for Jesus anywhere in the world, including the mission field. If you view pornography on the internet, take the first step toward breaking that stronghold by setting up internet accountability with any of the 3 organizations below.

XXX Church 

www.xxxchurch.com (Free)

Covenant Eyes from Focus on the Family

www.covenanteyes.com ($6.95 per month)

Eye Promise from PromiseKeepers

www.promisekeepers.org ($6.95 per month)

Comic Relief: Holy Cow!

And now for something that you don't hear (or see) everyday: a cow story.

Two bulls were fighting head to head, pushing each other back and forth almost in the middle of the street (yes, I did mean to say street, not pasture). At this very moment, my friend was trying to cross the street. She dodged the cars successfully (no small feat), but she made the mistake of taking her eyes off the cows - bad move.

One cow pushed the other really hard and the rear end of the other cow hit my friend! Yup, she was "rear-ended" by a cow! The cow hit her hard, she was knocked off her feet, and she hit the ground even harder. It knocked out two of her earrings and the button off her jeans! She was sore for a few days, but she is fine now. Gives a whole new meaning to “look both ways before you cross the street.”

- Submitted by E. in a part of the world where cows have the right-of-way


Bible Study:

God Answers the Prayer of Jabez - Before it's Prayed!

By Alan Garnett

“Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” 1 Chronicles 4:9 (NIV)

The Prayer of Jabez stormed the Christian devotion scene in only 2000, but for years before that, God had been "enlarging the territory" of Alan Garnett to the point of changing his entire life. Read Alan's first-person account of the journey and the challenges that face him in the territory God has given him.

 

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