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Use this guided prayer resource to pray for urgent needs, the lost to encounter Christ, and believers to share His peace.
Ahmed has been part of a group that has spent the past few months studying stories from Scripture. He has asked lots of good questions and even asked for a Bible in his tribal language. He is longing for the truth. He is going back to his homeland now. Pray for a continued stirring in Ahmed's heart and for him to have continued access to the Word. Pray that the believers living in that region will be able to follow up with him. Pray that Ahmed will believe in Jesus and come into the kingdom of God.
(chee-ang MY) - The ELM Pregnancy Foundation was excited to partner with a local church in Bangkok which sent a mission team to eastern Thailand. During the first week of June, ELM's social worker and another team member traveled to Isaan to work in public schools, providing training on the development of life in the womb. This initiative marks an important step toward their long-term goal of expanding this work across the country. Please pray for wisdom and guidance as God opens doors to share the love of the Creator with Thai people, from conception to the end of life.
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(choh-COH) - "In May, with the help of volunteers from the United States, our Southern Choco Team held a grand opening of our ministry house, Refugio Embera, here in the city of Bogota. We had more than 150 Embera (pronounced em-beh-RAH) adults and children in attendance! Everyone who came heard the biblical story of the demon-possessed man and how Jesus has power over the evil spirits. At the grand opening, everyone was able to sign up for English, Spanish, bead making, or carpentry classes. At each class, a Bible story is shared along with the practical skill that they are learning. Please pray that many people will continue to come to the classes each week and that our team will have wisdom in knowing which classes we should have and which times we should hold those classes in order for the greatest number of Embera people to attend and hear the Word of God!"
(REE-ow) - Please pray that more house churches will be planted and that God will raise up more leaders to lead these churches. God uses your prayers to bring kingdom expansion.
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(JAHR-kuhnd) - There are seven or eight Hindu people groups in Jharkhand among whom the gospel is being shared continually, yet no one has committed to following Jesus. Local harvest workers are prayerwalking and meticulously mapping each village of these unreached people groups so that they can engage them more intentionally. They are also training believers in the area and casting a vision for reaching those who still walk in darkness. Pray that as the harvest workers go, God will direct their steps to those who are prepared to receive the good news. Ask the Holy Spirit to raise up many disciple makers in these villages who are equipped and eager to join God's work among these people groups. Pray that the mapping and prayerwalking efforts will bear fruit, opening doors for deeper evangelism and true repentance, and that the vision being cast will ignite bold, Spirit-filled outreach efforts that will bring these people out of darkness and into the light of Christ (1 Peter 2:9).
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A Nordic West Team member is serving as an elder in a healthy Baptist church plant in East Helsinki, Finland. Please pray for him as he comes alongside the pastor to help with healthy church formation, evangelism, discipleship, and leadership development. Intercede also for his wife as she serves alongside the pastor's wife with the women and children's ministry.
Join some believers in Kyrgyzstan in giving thanks to God that funding was just secured for a school project in a nearby village! That village has a large number of minority peoples, and they are accustomed to being overlooked. Pray that through this project, those minority peoples will know that God loves them and sees them. "Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees" (Genesis 16:13 NKJV). Pray that they will hear His truth and join His kingdom.
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A Muslim woman was shocked to learn that the Bible contains stories that are also found in the Quran. She had been told throughout her life that Christians were unclean people who had no respect for God, but when she moved from her homeland to the United Kingdom and encountered followers of Jesus for herself, she began to question her beliefs. She quietly took a free Bible in her heart language from a table at the church where her English class was meeting. She wanted to read and see for herself what Christians believed. Please pray for Mariam as she earnestly seeks to find truth.
(CARE-ah-muh-jong) - "Please pray for the village of 'Lomono,' where people are open and eager for a church," writes the Karamojong Team. "The community is excited about hearing the gospel, but a major barrier is the widespread availability of alcohol and the lack of jobs or other opportunities. Because 'Lomono' is too far away for us to send a church planter there regularly for the long-term, pray that God will help us to identify, raise up, and train local leaders from within the village to disciple others and plant a strong church. Pray for breakthroughs over addiction, and ask the Holy Spirit to bring hope, transformation, and lasting change to 'Lomono.'"
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Please pray for East Asian families who will be attending a camp in South Korea that is organized by believers. The camp will focus on healthy marriages and parenting and will offer an introductory course on cross-cultural missions. It will be held the last week of July. Pray that everyone will have smooth entries and departures, without any security issues as they pass through airports. Ask that the camp will offer meaningful, healing, and restorative experiences for the families who are looking for the Lord's guidance and power. Also, please pray for those who are organizing the camp to prepare well.
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(uh-WAH-dee) - Please continue to lift up the leadership development groups. They meet monthly to study theology, effective Word study, and discipleship methods, as well as leadership development material. The meetings have been very effective in equipping and raising up capable leaders to care for the needs of the congregations in the wake of the growth the Lord has brought to the area. Some leaders have said that it has revitalized their congregations, and others have said that it has given them the knowledge and tools needed to manage and grow the work well. These meetings have also proven useful in sharpening, encouraging, and fostering cooperation among leaders. While these groups have been very useful, the costs are high, and it is difficult to raise enough funds to cover the costs. Pray that those leading the groups will be able to manage everything and steward the resources effectively, and pray that the participants will become self-supporting and replicate these efforts in their fields of service.
