Repent and believe

Pray for humility to listen to God, to believe that He has authority and speaks the truth in Scripture. Ask for repentance from rejecting God’s grace and from oppressing the weak.

Pray for those in prison

Pray for those who are still in prison for the sake of the gospel to have sweet intimate times with Jesus, be used mightily to reveal the glory of God… and that God would reunite them with their families soon!

Isolation

Pray for local brothers and sisters as they feel the isolation poignantly if they don’t have anyone to celebrate Christmas with.

Emmanuel

Many teas and Christmas parties happening these coming weeks. As people ooh and ahh over the decorations and sweet treats, ask for opportunities to share the story of Emmanuel.

Real story of Noel

Joy, a local sister, has invited her neighbours for tea this afternoon and hopes to tell them the real story of “Noel” and how it is different from New Year (which they often assume is what we are celebrating). Please pray they come and she has the opportunity to share Truth with wisdom and winsomeness.

Hungry for Truth and Love

We’re seeing people are hungry for Truth and Love. Seekers are finding us! Pray for one seeker in particular, Faith, that the Father would continue to draw her to Himself and that we could read the Word together.

Meeting together

Praise God for two local believers meeting together. Pray God will protect their times together and bless their fellowship.

Heard the gospel!

The team went out Friday and Saturday from noon to midnight looking for people interested in talking about spiritual matters. The Father enabled them to engage with 99 people and 76 of them heard the full gospel message! Lots of them are interested in follow up conversations to discuss further. Praise the Father with us and ask that the HS would water the seeds that were planted. All glory to Him!

Find Jesus

Ask for repentant humble hearts that feel the weight of sin and long for grace and the yoke of Jesus. May they have visions and find websites and meet believers who reveal Jesus clearly and truthfully.

Kicked out

A new believer has been kicked out of the house by her mother and brother for her faith. Please pray for Celia as she looks for a new place to live. May this experience strengthen her faith and cause her mom and brother to have a ‘Saul-to-Paul’ experience with the living, loving God!

Vibrant churches

Praise Jesus for the vibrant house churches who pray fervently for those persecuted for righteousness’ sake in nearby countries. Pray for the Lord’s encouragement and that He would answer their prayers.

Feel the weight

May God reveal himself through his Word and humble those who are self righteous and blinded. Let each one who has heard your word feel the weight of their sin before our Holy God and receive the grace and forgiveness he offers only through Jesus.

Continue to meet

Pray for Asher, a new believer. Pray he would continue to meet with other local believers and that this could become a group that meets regularly.
Pray for peace with his family and blessing on his business.

Lethal storm

Pray for the people of Libya. A storm has caused major flooding. In one town the storm caused the collapse of two dams which caused a lethal flash flood. It is feared that more than 2000 people were carried away by the water.

Earthquake

There was a terrible earthquake in Morocco last night. So far, 1000 dead and 2075 injured. Please pray for mercy for those fearful of another earthquake, for healing for the injured, for God and his people to minister and comfort.

Medical outreach

Pray for our medical outreach in October. We have prepared everything and are just waiting for permission from the Minister of Health to distribute medicine.
Pray for many to be blessed medically and spiritually!

Visit

Pray for our dear friend Jan, who was recently widowed. She is visiting us along with her daughters. One of her daughters, Sally, has suffered from frequent demonic attacks. Pray for our time today, that God would have mercy and deliver her and bless this family.

Hit on head

A colleague has been getting to know a local butcher. Turns out he’s an agnostic but open to discussions. However, we just heard that the butcher had a bad accident. He was trying to catch a train and something hit him in the head really hard. He survived but with a lasting head injury. It’s a reminder how short time is to share Truth! Please pray for his recovery and that our colleague would be able to resume their conversations about the Truth!

That they may stand

Continue to pray for our local brothers & sisters in prison for their faith. Historically, they have 2 choices…to recant OR stay in prison, which may lead to the death sentence. Pray for them to stand strong in the face of extreme pressure and persecution.

Fired

Please pray for our sister Joy. She managed to get a cleaning job this summer but was fired for talking with her colleagues about Jesus. Ask for peace and courage in the face of this disappointment. Pray also that her husband Simon, who is not a believer, would come to see that Jesus is worth it!

Double in size

Summer is a time locals travel a lot, and towns on the coast double in size. Pray for divine appointments as teams go out into the crowds seeking to share the Truth.

Open the door

May the Arabs hear Jesus knocking and open the door and eat with him and fellowship with him.

Believe in the Son

May Arabs believe in the Son and receive eternal life. May they obey the Son and see life and may the wrath of God be removed from them. John 3:36

Still imprisoned

Over 3 months ago, at least 10 Libyan Christians were arrested by the Libyan government. They were arrested because they had left Islam. One Nigerian & one Pakistani believer have also been arrested because of their association with these believers. They are being held for proselytism.
Please pray with us that these men & women would be set free. Pray that God would touch the hearts of the captors & government officials. Pray that the Libyans would be given the right to gather & worship Jesus.
We love Libya & we want to bless the country with our prayers.

Be drawn

May those who have never heard the gospel be drawn to Christian websites and tv programs. May they meet true believers from any nation and may those believers speak the gospel. May Arabs believe the gospel and be bold to gather together in obedience to Christ.

Eid al Adha

Today is a big day across the Muslim world as many slaughter a sheep in remembrance of Abraham killing the ram. Some do it just because ‘they’ve always done it’ and don’t even know why…missing the symbolism we know from the OT. Others hope it will count in their favor before Allah when he weighs their sins. Many this year can’t afford a sheep because of rising costs and worry what their neighbors and Allah will think. Pray that they’d see the hopelessness of working for their salvation and realize their need for a Savior outside of themselves, The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Precious holy intimacy

Continue to pray for those imprisoned for leaving Islam to follow Jesus. May they have precious holy intimacy with Christ more than they have ever known. Protect their hearts from lies of the accuser and his followers. Pray they would be released.

Find fertile soil

As many locals prepare for their summer holidays and travel around the country, ask that they would encounter believers and willingly talk about Jesus. Often when they aren’t in their own neighbourhoods being observed who they talk to and what they talk about, there can be a greater willingness to discuss important issues. Ask that many seeds would be planted this summer which would find fertile soil.

Share Life

Praise the Lord for ‘Asher’ who started reading the Word in December and recently decided he wanted to be ‘in the Family’. Pray for him to grow in his understanding of Jesus’ sacrifice for him and that as he reflects on those in his community as ‘dead’, he would have compassion to share the Life with them.

Following

Praise the Lord for ‘Hank’ who decided to follow Jesus after an encounter on a language route walk. Ask that his hunger to read the Word would grow and that his wife and children would also decide to follow Jesus.

Prisoners for Christ

Please continue to pray for the believers in jail for their faith. Pray they would know God’s presence and grace in a profound way and that they would be released soon.

Growth

Praise God He is at work building His church. Pray for continued growth in local fellowships and wisdom for the local leaders.

Chose to follow!

PTL! We have a new brother in North Africa! He was met randomly on someone’s language route about a month ago and agreed to read the Word and learn more. The Father was clearly preparing this man, and on their 3rd meeting he chose to follow! Please pray for protection of this seed that has born fruit and that his wife and family would also choose to follow.

Worthiness of Christ

Please pray for family members of those in prison for Christ who are hurting and waiting. Some are ashamed. Some are angry. Most haven’t yet chosen to follow Jesus. Ask for each to see the light of Christ in each believer as they share in His suffering and may they recognize the worthiness of Christ.

In Prison for Christ

Please ask God to give courage and peace to several believers who are in prison for choosing to follow Jesus and also to the foreigners who are also being held for teaching of Jesus. May the believers who are not imprisoned yet forgive those who revealed their names and be bold to identify with Jesus and their brethren as they pray for those in chains.

May fear not paralyze or cripple the children of God. May the church be strengthened (Phil 1) and may the lost recognize that no longer can they deny that there are Christians in this land. May each see that they are not born into any religion but that Jesus is calling them to recognize his call and take up the cross and follow him.

Double Dunking

We have a new brother! Praising the Father! ‘Asher’ was helped to get a copy of the Word at Christmas and has been reading it since. In the last week or so he expressed a desire to ‘enter’ the kingdom. He just met with a local brother who explained things in more depth and Asher wants to be baptized. AND a new media contact who turns out has actually been a follower for a few months also wants to be baptized… a double dunking is being planned! Father is amazing!

Lonely

Joy, a local sister meets with 2 of our colleagues regularly for fellowship, study, and praying together. Her younger son sometimes sits in and has started to read the word and is hungry for more. Please pray with us for protection over them and for continued growth in their faith and understanding of the Son. Joy is very lonely for local sisters to fellowship with. Would you please ask that Father would bring women to himself? Also, ask that His Spirit would fill Joy’s heart and she would be overflowing with the peace and love that characterize her life with God, the God of all comfort!

Small Eid

This morning is the beginning of “Eid Sghir”, the “Small Eid”, It is a 3-day celebration marking the end of the month of fasting and is a time to spend quality time with family and friends and practice various social and religious rituals and traditions. Eid Sghir typically begins with the Eid prayer, often held in a designated outside area where the men gather to pray, followed by a lavish breakfast and family visits. Charitable donations to the poor are also an important part of this celebration. As our friends across this country celebrate, please ask that there would be a time of sober review of this past month and that there would be a common sense of disillusionment and frustration at their inability to meet the required standards. Ask that there would be a new hunger and thirst for something that is missing.  Ask that they would begin a new pilgrimage in search of the only truth that can fully satiate that hunger and thirst, filling that void. Ask that they would meet the Son and trust in Him!

Jonah

Jonah is a kind generous young man who loves spending time with us. He comes with a very dysfunctional family history and does not want his son John to grow up in that kind of environment. Pray that as we spend time together, conversations will turn to the ultimate, perfect Father and he will be drawn to His Son as he tries to ‘play it safe’ and participate in the fasting month here. He loves being a dad and is so proud of his son. Ask that this family will come to faith in the Son and that John will grow up learning the truth.

Night of Power

Tonight Muslims around the world will stay up all night praying and seeking God, asking for their sins to be forgiven, for revelation, and for dreams and visions. It is the holiest night of the year. It commemorates the night the prophet Muhammad received a revelation of the Quran. Pray that God will give many a revelation of Jesus.